Should we pull all aid $$$ to countries that persecute LGBT people?

[FLAprogressive]

I say yes....I don't want my tax dollars going to countries that persecute LGBT people. I don't really care what the country's situation is.....

[Forkboy]

1. Does that include us?

[sabrina 1]

2. Our money is already gone, isn't it?

:shrug:

[Forkboy]

3. Pretty much.

Not much left to withhold.

[Snoutport]

4. ouch!

[cali]

7. What laws, in the U.S., make being gay illegal and impose punishment

on GLBT folks for being gay?

[Cool Logic]

5. Since we are out of $$$, we should pull aid to all other countries.

[cali]

6. No. Innocent people starving because we pull aid, isn't the answer.

[JI7]

8. what are we giving the money for ? do you mean cut off all aid

or just the money that goes directly to the govt ?

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[marmar]

15. Because Islamic countries are the only ones that persecute LGBT people, right?

:eyes: Bigoted ignorance.

[DonCoquixote]

26. they are not the only ones

But kindly tell me how they do in Iran, Pakistan, or Saudi Arabia?

[Obamanaut]

10. There's enough need in the US that the US should be able to find

ways to spend that same money IN the US.

Not dropping bombs on people would help a lot of citizens in other countries get along better.

[quaker bill]

11. Should we pull our aid $$$ from countries

that persecute anyone? - yes.

[LuvNewcastle]

12. Yes.

If being gay is illegal in that country or if that country tolerates persecution of GLBT people, their government should not receive aid. This rule should not apply, however, in cases such as disasters.

[cali]

13. So should we pull all aid to countries that persecute women? How about Christians or

B'hai?

[LuvNewcastle]

14. Short answer, yes.

We should use our money as a tool to get people not to do things we don't approve of, and the reverse as well.

[pipoman]

24. Isn't that sort of the definition of Imperialism?

imperialism n. The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony.

[LuvNewcastle]

29. I just think of it as being principled.

There are some people's behaviors we should not put up with, whether or not we want something from them.

[pipoman]

19. Countries like Iran don't persecute gays because they don't have any...

[LuvNewcastle]

21. Yes, because every time they find any,

they execute them.

[pipoman]

22. Hmm, Ahmadinejad left that part out...imagine that..

[indurancevile]

16. no, we should pull american fundie missionaries out of those countries.

because they're the main instigators of this crap.

[CrazyBob]

25. Amen to that! - nt

[Lyric]

17. No, because the children aren't to blame and don't deserve to starve.

When we try to punish adults, the ones who end up hurting the most are innocent kids, whether here (welfare reforms) or overseas (foreign aid). I know that we can't take care of every child on earth, but the thought that there are kids out there who are eating US-provided aid food, and that we might take that AWAY from them, just destroys my heart. I could never support it, even though I'm gay. *sigh*

[pipoman]

18. We don't pull aid to countries which persecute everyone..

[lunatica]

20. Countries that persecute anyone other than criminals should be shunned

Cutting off the purse strings is the fastest and best way to get anyone's attention.

[CrazyBob]

23. I cant believe anyone voted YES for this-nt

[zoosareprisons]

27. All humanitarian aid is suspect

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/11/the-moral-hazards-of-humanitarian-aid-what-is-to-be-done.html#ixzz14rXaMpLi

A pretty good article on the topic of humanitarian aid.

"As Aryeh Neier, President of the Open Society Institute (a project of George Soros, who is also the chief bankroller of Human Rights Watch), writes in his letter, humanitarianism is an industry. So we should examine it and hold it to account as such."

[robcon]

28. No 'single issue' diplomacy, IMO.

I think we should deplore homophobic governments and homophobic laws and homophobic statements.

But we should base our aid (mostly) on our interests in that country.

[rollin74]

30. kick

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

31. You have some particular country in mind, don't you?