Obma Administration to Support UN declaration decriminalizing homosexuality. 

Today, news was released that the United States would join 66 other countries in signing a United Nations declaration to decriminalize homosexuality.  This declaration goes further to endorse support for human rights protections along the lines of sexual orientation and gender identity. 

This declaration was proposed in December 2008, but, at that time we were still under the Bush Administration.  Not surprisingly, the US withheld its endorsement of this declaration; Bush indicated that he opposes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, but felt that the declaration would interfere with states laws.  Oddly enough, Obama fully endorsed the declaration, noting that this policy would not actually change any laws in the US.  (Lawrence v. Texas in 2003 already overturned sodomy laws in the United States.) 

I am very enthusiastic about this move and see this as a sign of genuineness of Obama’s promises to support and protect human and civil rights for all.  But, I am concerned about the number of counties that refuse to sign on – using excuses...