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In reply to the discussion: U..S. Votes Against U.N. Ban On Death Penalty For Homosexuality [View all]Towlie
(5,318 posts)30. Hold on! It's bad, but not as bad as it sounds.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/state-department-defends-us-vote-against-death-penalty-ban-at-the-un/article/2636429
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's team on Tuesday defended the decision to vote against a United Nations resolution calling for the "abolition of the death penalty," and said the language was an overly broad measure that is at odds with U.S. practice.
"The United States clearly has the death penalty, both at the state and the federal level; that is why we voted against this," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters.
The broad resolution criticized the use of the death penalty in several cases, including its use to punish homosexual behavior. Nauert made it clear that the U.S. also opposes the death penalty in these cases, but said it had to oppose the measure in its entirety at the U.N.
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U..S. Votes Against U.N. Ban On Death Penalty For Homosexuality [View all]
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2017
OP
President Pence issued his orders to Haley and she obeyed like a loyal lap dog.
LonePirate
Oct 2017
#3
there is no end, it seems, to the despicable crap coming out of this maladministration
niyad
Oct 2017
#6
I simply can't believe the US vote. When do we institute public stoning for adultery?
George II
Oct 2017
#9
If we do that, they would be hardly any adults left to stone the guilty parties in T
raccoon
Oct 2017
#29
The headline is very confusing, i had to read it a couple times to understand what it was saying
Calista241
Oct 2017
#22