Obama: Foreign Aid Could Be Tied To Gay Rights


By Carlos Santoscoy | Published: December 06, 2011

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President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced his administration would consider gay rights in making decisions about foreign aid.

The president issued a memorandum directing all agencies engaged abroad to make certain U.S. aid programs "promote and protect" the rights of gay people.

"The struggle to end discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons is a global challenge, and one that is central to the United States commitment to promoting human rights," Obama wrote in the document. "I am deeply concerned by the violence and discrimination targeting LGBT persons around the word."

You'd think he'd be more interested in being sure his own house(the US) was in order before he starts calling other countries out on how they run theirs.