Trump votes against UN resolution condemning use of death penalty against apostasy, blasphemy, gays

That is insane. It makes no sense.

 

You know your decision is sh***y when you're supported by Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.

 

Maybe they all promise to build a Trump Tower or two after Trump's presidency ends (or just fukc it now).

 

What's the defense of this?

 

"Calls upon States to ensure that all accused persons, in particular poor and economically vulnerable persons, can exercise their rights related to equal access to justice, to ensure adequate, qualified and effective legal representation at every stage of civil and criminal proceedings in capital punishment cases through effective legal aid, and to ensure that those facing the death penalty can exercise their right to seek pardon or commutation of their death sentence;"

"Urges States that have not yet abolished the death penalty to ensure that the death penalty is not applied against persons with mental or intellectual disabilities and persons below 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the crime, as well as pregnant women; "

"Also calls upon States to undertake further studies to identify the underlying factors that contribute to the substantial racial and ethnic bias in the application of the death penalty, where they exist, with a view to developing effective strategies aimed at eliminating such discriminatory practices."

Starting to make more sense ...

 

Holy hell. What the eff is wrong with these people?

 

If wanting to preserve the right to execute mentally ill people and combat racial bias in the justice system is insane, I guess. I can see why the U.S. might vote against it, but that's insane. I would think that realizing you were guilty of some of the things in that measure would make the government want to re-examine their policies.

 

This sounds like the most problematic part for the USA, from what durvasa quoted:

Forget protections for homosexuals and apostates, we don't even provide an adequate defense for the poor. Signing it would mean being total hypocrites or else doing a complete about-face when it comes to providing justice to our own citizens. We apparently are not in a place where we're ready to take up the challenge of providing adequate justice, so at least we're not made hypocrites by signing.

 

Some explanation:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown...ning-the-death?utm_term=.as6O728qa#.glm3Yad16

 

I think the US don't mind being hypocrites.

 

This makes more sense. The US isn't as progressive as others when it comes to the death penalty. I don't believe in the death penalty and I believe the US is still generation behind here. At some point in the future, this will look like we were savage.

 

What if homosexual people called themselves 'homosensual'. I think some people hear 'sex' and think of that only as the act of conceiving a child.