{"id":19008,"date":"2017-10-03T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=19008"},"modified":"2017-10-03T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:56:47","slug":"u-s-votes-ban-death-penalty-gay-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/10\/u-s-votes-ban-death-penalty-gay-people\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. votes against ban on death penalty for gay people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NikkiHaley10317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NikkiHaley10317.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NikkiHaley10317-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NikkiHaley10317-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NikkiHaley10317-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><br \/>\nA United Nations resolution banning the death penalty for homosexuality was opposed by a total of 13 countries in the U.N. Human Rights Council. The United States surprisingly voted against the measure!  Fortunately the resolution passed anyway, with 27 countries voting for the measure.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newnownext.com\/u-s-votes-against-u-n-ban-on-death-penalty-for-homosexuality\/10\/2017\/?xrs=synd_facebook_logo\" target=\"_blank\">NewNowNext<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was brought forward by eight nations &#8211; Belgium, Benin, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, and Switzerland \u2014 which have made global LGBT rights a priority.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the U.S., countries that voted against the resolution include Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, China, Japan, Qatar, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia (which currently has the death penalty for sodomy).<\/p>\n<p>Previous efforts by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Russia to block or water down the resolution failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A United Nations resolution banning the death penalty for homosexuality was opposed by a total of 13 countries in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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