U.S. media ignore French plea to U.N. to make gay sex legal
In a speech to the United Nations yesterday, French President François Hollande urged the repeal of all laws against homosexuality worldwide, such as those currently in effect in 76-plus countries.
That news went unreported in the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
To read about it, you’d have to turn to online publications such as:
- Gay Star News: French president Hollande tells UN to make gay sex legal globally”
- Towle Road: “French President François Hollande Tells UN to Decriminalize Homosexuality Around the World”
- Queerty: “VIVE LA FRANCE! French President François Hollande Calls For Global Decriminalization Of Homosexuality By UN”
Hollande told the U.N.:
“France will continue to conduct all these struggles: for the abolition of the death penalty, for women’s rights to equality and dignity, for the universal decriminalization of homosexuality, which should not be recognised as a crime but, on the contrary, recognized as a [sexual] orientation.
“All members countries have the obligation to guarantee the security of their citizens, and if one nation adheres to this obligation, it is then imperative that we, the United Nations, facilitate the necessary means to make that guarantee.”
Homosexual activity is a crime in 76-plus countries and punishable by death in nine of them, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, Qatar and Mauritania, and parts of Nigeria and Somalia covered by sharia law.
In contrast to their neglect of Hollande’s plea for justice worldwide, the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times all covered today’s speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
His speech was obviously newsworthy, but so was Hollande’s.
What’s up with their news judgment?
Bizarre. It’s not like France is an obscure country. This is a great statement he made.
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