With national elections less than 11 months away, the Obama Administration, AKA, the Obama Reelection Mob, has made pandering to minority groups and issues a major priority in both foreign and domestic policy.
With respect to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) issues, Obama has decided to use foreign aid and diplomacy as a wedge to force other nations and cultures to abandon “discrimination” against those whom are sexually unique.
As reported at the reference:
President Barack Obama, in a memorandum to executive departments, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, during a speech before the UN Human Rights Council, issued a coordinated denunciation Tuesday of anti-gay discrimination, stating that equal treatment of gay, lesbian and transgender people was an explicit U.S. foreign policy goal.
The White House said the twin moves represented the U.S. government’s first comprehensive strategy to combat sexual orientation-based human rights abuses around the world.
Gay rights groups cheered the actions, noting that gays and lesbians can be arrested, tortured and even executed in some countries.”
Of course gay rights groups cheered the move! Obama’s action was specifically aimed at shoring up this constituency in advance of the elections!
However, questions about this “foreign policy goal” need to be answered:
( ) What about cultures and religions where LGBT behavior is seen as sinful and morally wrong?
( ) Many Jews, Christians, and especially Muslims, have strict prohibitions against same-sex relationships. Are the spiritual and moral tenets of billions of people who practice those faiths to be officially ignored and violated as a part of US policy?
( ) The new policy seems to be “reverse discrimination” against those opposed to LGBT relationships and thus flawed. How can reverse discrimination be logically advocated by an administration that preaches diversity and inclusion?
( ) Is it prudent for US foreign policy to be based on an issue where a vital US interest is not involved?
Finally, the big question: What in the hell gives Barack Obama, a man who personally opposes gay marriage, the legal or spiritual authority to dictate policy on these delicate matter to foreign nations? Arrogance gone amuck!
Once again, our troubled president is employing a strategy of "divide and conquer" to appease his base at the expense of those who have legitimate objections to his Marxist policies and notions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-will-use-foreign-aid-to-defend-gay-rights-abroad-clinton-obama-declare-culture-no-excuse/2011/12/07/gIQAetrhbO_story.html
