“Free” America, the UN, and Gay Rights

Normally I don’t post up this many posts on the same day.  But today, I find it necessary.  66 of 192 countries signed a declaration against homophobia, against the discrimination of gays.  66 of 192 UN countries signed it.  That’s about 34%.  That’s less than half the countries.

The United States was one of the 126 countries who did not sign the declaration.  The United States is among the list of countries who do not support equal rights to gays.  The United States is numbered beside countries who discriminate based on sexuality, outlaw based on sexuality, and even kill based on sexuality.  This is where the United States stands.

No, the United States does not execute because of someone’s sexuality.  But they discriminate and they outlaw.  We revere the liberty in the United States.  We pride ourselves to be a democratic nation, a free nation.  We set ourselves apart from others because of this.

We can no longer say that the United States is a free nation.  We can no longer say “We, the people” in the words of our beloved Constitution.  It would be a lie.  It would be falsehood.  People, and none other than people, are denied rights in this country.  No, not just people.  Citizens are denied rights.  Rightful citizens, born from this country, working for this country, are denied rights.

To those who are the adversaries of the gay civil rights movement.  I respect the position you take on these issues, but I beg you to step back and look at this all from a different perspective.  Forget the Bible for a moment.  Forget religious values for a moment.  Step back and look at this with the most simplistic views in mind.

Americans are denied rights in this so-called free nation.