This news story seems to be grabbing attention and seems a little crazy.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin...against-un-motion-condemning-gay-death-677412
There are plenty of links if you prefer a different source.
The US department clarified that they voted no because "We voted against that resolution because of broader concerns with the resolution’s approach in condemning the death penalty in all circumstances, and it called for the abolition of the death penalty altogether,"
The wording that they were opposed to was this: "The U.N. resolution in fact calls for states which have not abolished the death penalty to consider doing so."
That does not seem like a big enough reason to not vote to condemn death penalty for gay people. I think the US should consider abolishing the death penalty. Whether or not we do so is another debate but we should be looking into its effectiveness. How many people get wrongly convicted. How much money it costs vs keeping people in prison for life and other details.
Regardless it is sad we voted this way in the UN. The US department did claim the we voted the same way when Obama was in office and if the motion was the same that is awful as well.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin...against-un-motion-condemning-gay-death-677412
There are plenty of links if you prefer a different source.
The US department clarified that they voted no because "We voted against that resolution because of broader concerns with the resolution’s approach in condemning the death penalty in all circumstances, and it called for the abolition of the death penalty altogether,"
The wording that they were opposed to was this: "The U.N. resolution in fact calls for states which have not abolished the death penalty to consider doing so."
That does not seem like a big enough reason to not vote to condemn death penalty for gay people. I think the US should consider abolishing the death penalty. Whether or not we do so is another debate but we should be looking into its effectiveness. How many people get wrongly convicted. How much money it costs vs keeping people in prison for life and other details.
Regardless it is sad we voted this way in the UN. The US department did claim the we voted the same way when Obama was in office and if the motion was the same that is awful as well.