bushmilhousegang agrees with Iran against gays

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US legislators press Rice on UN vote against gays


The Bush administration's support for
Iran's proposal to bar two gay rights groups from a voice at the
United Nations sparked a demand from U.S. legislators on Tuesday that Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice repudiate the action.

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n voting for Iran's proposal, "the United States joined some of the world's most oppressive regimes, among them China, Cuba, Sudan and Zimbabwe" and demonstrated "a reprehensible inconsistency" in the protection of rights based on sexual orientation, the lawmakers said.

Among the 44 Democrats and one independent signing the letter were Democrats Eliot Engel of New York, Steny Hoyer of Maryland, Tom Lantos of California, Rahm Emanuel of Illinois and
Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.

They called on Rice to publicly repudiate the action and support pending applications by three other gay rights groups.

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Following the vote, German envoy Martin Thuemmel said the committee decision "will haunt us for a long time" because it sent a message that it was acceptable to discriminate on the basis of an individual's sexual orientation.
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