Comments on: Leading Republican Blasts Election of Anti-Gay Official at UN

By: Tay

Tay — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:36:55 +0000

She’s my rep. I follow her on twtter… she is made of awesome and attitude.

*T*

By: Rick Sincere

Rick Sincere — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:27:23 +0000

Brad Minnick left the same strange comment on my blog.

I say “strange” because neither Dan Blatt nor I had anything to say about the UN Development Programme (UNDP) or its rotating president.

Our blog posts were both about the president of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), who was characterized by Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen as a “shill” for the meshugganah colonel, Moammar Gadhafi of Libya.

Neither of us mentioned the former New Zealand prime minister or anyone else connected with the UNDP.

Perhaps Mr. Minnick protests too much?

By: Brad Minnick

Brad Minnick — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:26:08 +0000

Just a point of clarification for your readers. The position of Chair of the UNDP Executive Board rotates among member states on a geographic basis and is strictly for the purpose of administering and presiding at Board meetings. The Board Chair is not responsible for setting policy or directing operations. That is the responsibility of the UNDP Administrator, Helen Clark.

As a gay man who currently works with the UNDP I want everyone to know that both Administrator Clark and the UN Secretary-General himself have spoken out forcefully and explicitly about protecting and promoting the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, which is a matter of both human rights and public health, given the global HIV epidemic.

UNDP has also taken a clear and strong position on human rights issues related to sexual orientation and expression. In May 2008, UNDP committed to act as the lead agency in the UNAIDS family on HIV among men who have sex with men and transgender people.

Helen Clark, who became the UNDP Administrator in April, after nine years as Prime Minister of New Zealand, is strongly committed to these efforts. At her direction, UNDP officials are working with UNAIDS to develop and launch an ‘in-reach’ programme to sensitize, educate and motivate UN staff at the country level around these issues throughout the world, an effort that will be launched shortly with a pilot session in North Africa.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:46:24 +0000

I read they were having sex in the bar. Granted, I’m not familiar with Georgia law, but sex in bars is frowned upon most places I am aware of.

By: John in Dublin CA

John in Dublin CA — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:01:06 +0000

Has no one but me read about the Atlanta police department raid on the Eagle in Atlanta? The liberal mayor refuses to comment, the police refuse to comment, and people were arrested and thrown in jail because they were gay, no other reason. Why the silence on this outrage?

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:31:20 +0000

Thank you for your brief work on behalf of liberty. Pfft what kind of comment is that?!

And by the way, how are you working to protect the liberty of the American people to define their own institutions?

By: Terry Hamilton

Terry Hamilton — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:33:34 +0000

Log Cabin is gratified the note that Gay Patriot recognizes the work that we continue to do to advance liberty for ALL Americans, including LGBTQ Americans. Thank you for your brief credit.

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:33:32 +0000

Ali Abdessalam Treki

His parents were Star Trek fans? Don’t tell Takei.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:31:04 +0000

Excellent find. More people need to know about this!

Republicans standing up for REAL gay rights, while Obama and Democrats value appeasing evil above basic civil rights for gays.

Hope you will keep making noise about this.

By: GayPatriot

GayPatriot — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:14:03 +0000

US Rep Illeana Ros-Lehtinen is one of the best people in Congress. And the fact that she is a friend of the gay community is an added plus.