US to use foreign aid to promote gay rights – The Denver Post<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWASHINGTON\u2014The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to c…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I applaud the effort by the White House to include gay rights as human rights that the US will strive to protect internationally. 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So we should only push for equal treatment of certain rights\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27314,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/03\/so-what-is-a-conservative.html","url_meta":{"origin":24276,"position":1},"title":"So what is a "Conservative"?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-Apr-12 9:15am","format":false,"excerpt":"What \"conservative\" means in the UK appears different from what it means in the US. Heck, in the US it means an almost meaninglessly wide variety of things -- only a segment of which seem to agree with the remarkable idea that gay rights are human rights and that human\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25689,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/its-about-rights-not-about-science.html","url_meta":{"origin":24276,"position":2},"title":"It's about rights, not about science","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 24-Jan-12 7:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"While I disagree with the author in some particulars, his core thesis is sound: the debate over whether homosexuality is a \"choice\" or a \"pre-disposition\" or an \"orientation\" or a \"genetic slam-dunk compulsion\" is or should be irrelevant to the question of gay rights in our society. 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Then Support Their Rights","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24423,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/10\/im-willing-to-be-culturally-impolite-in-the-name-of-freedom.html","url_meta":{"origin":24276,"position":4},"title":"I'm willing to be culturally impolite in the name of freedom","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 10-Dec-11 11:19am","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting article in the CS Monitor (http:\/\/bit.ly\/rtGmwL) on the reaction by a variety of African governments to the Administrations position on protecting gay rights -- most of which boil down to, \"We think it's icky, so we're terribly insulted by the US position.\"Now I usually try to be a polite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24293,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/07\/not-that-i-pay-much-attention-to-rick-perry-any-more-but-well-actually.html","url_meta":{"origin":24276,"position":5},"title":"Not that I pay much attention to Rick Perry any more, but —- well, actually,…","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 7-Dec-11 10:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Not that I pay much attention to Rick Perry any more, but -- -- well, actually, it's kind of nice that I don't have to pay much attention to Perry any more. 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