Repeal "Gay Rights"
Overview
TG Campaign
Resolution Text
| Category: | Repeal | Resolution: | #12 | Proposed By: | Omigodtheykilledkenny |
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Description: UN Resolution #12: Gay Rights (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Argument: This Assembly,
AFFIRMING that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals are deserving of full and equal protection under the law;
REAFFIRMING its earlier stance in Resolution #99: Discrimination Accord, that the resolution Gay Rights "in practice does virtually nothing to protect citizens' rights";
VOICING its concern that keeping poor, ineffectual legislation such as Resolution #12 on the books will do nothing to advance the cause for human rights, and will in fact hamper this body's ability to make further strides in that arena;
ACKNOWLEDGING that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals are ALREADY afforded substantial protections under international law through past declarations of this body; protections including, but not limited to:
1) Freedom to marry individuals of the same sex or gender;
2) Freedom to express their love for persons of the same gender;
3) Freedom from imprisonment based on sexuality;
4) Freedom from discrimination;
5) Freedom of sexual privacy; thus
DEEMING the Gay Rights resolution redundant and unnecessary;
MINDFUL that it is in the interests of the United Nations to streamline and strike out superfluous and ineffective legislation;
RECOGNIZING that the enactment of this article will NOT permit member states to discriminate against gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender individuals; hereby
REPEALS Resolution #12: Gay Rights.
- Votes For: 8,084
- Votes Against: 5,359
- Implemented: Sat Feb 4 2006
