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In reply to the discussion: I dont understand why liberals started a love affair with the Pope, and now I don't understand [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)51. Clue #1: Report: 594 LGBT people murdered in Americas during 15-month period
A report the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released on Wednesday indicates anti-LGBT violence claimed the lives of at least 594 people in the Western Hemisphere between Jan. 1, 2013, and March 31 of this year.
More than half of these reported deaths during this 15-month period took place in Brazil. These include an 8-year-old boy in the state of Rio de Janeiro who was allegedly killed by his father in February because he was unable to accept his homosexuality.
The report indicates that 29 LGBT people in Honduras, which has the worlds highest per capita murder rate, lost their lives during the 15-month period. The commission also notes 27 LGBT Americans were killed.
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The commission expressed concern that many countries throughout the Americas do not adequately track incidents of anti-LGBT violence. It also highlighted severe underreporting of police abuse based on a persons sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/12/20/report-594-lgbt-people-murdered-americas-15-month-period/
More than half of these reported deaths during this 15-month period took place in Brazil. These include an 8-year-old boy in the state of Rio de Janeiro who was allegedly killed by his father in February because he was unable to accept his homosexuality.
The report indicates that 29 LGBT people in Honduras, which has the worlds highest per capita murder rate, lost their lives during the 15-month period. The commission also notes 27 LGBT Americans were killed.
snip----
The commission expressed concern that many countries throughout the Americas do not adequately track incidents of anti-LGBT violence. It also highlighted severe underreporting of police abuse based on a persons sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/12/20/report-594-lgbt-people-murdered-americas-15-month-period/
Nothing like the leader of a major religion, in the flesh, spreading more of "teh hate" to make sure the body count stays up, ain't that right?
(Lyrics posted below video)
In The Flesh
So ya
Thought ya
Might like to
Go to the show.
To feel that warm thrill of confusion,
That space cadet glow.
I've got some bad news for you sunshine,
Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel
And they sent us along as a surrogate band
We're gonna find out where you folks really stand!
Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against the wall!
There's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me,
Get him up against the wall!
That one looks Jewish!
And that one's a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
There's one smoking a joint,
And another with spots!
If I had my way,
I'd have all of you shot!
~Roger Waters
(Please don't hide my post, the song is sarcasm, meant to mock bigots of all kinds)
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I dont understand why liberals started a love affair with the Pope, and now I don't understand [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2015
OP
He didn't have a secret meeting. He 'met' her in a line up meet and greet, shook her hand,
underahedgerow
Sep 2015
#55
Sorry, he said four words to her, not two. It was a meet and greet line up. Not a private
underahedgerow
Sep 2015
#77
I've dealt with dignitaries, heads of state, celebrities and state functions of all types for many
underahedgerow
Sep 2015
#84
It's pretty pathetic, though, to see "progressives" falling for the RCC's PR snow job.
Arugula Latte
Sep 2015
#44
Yes, it's liberals and only liberals who seized on the words of the Pope as to the environment and
merrily
Sep 2015
#5
where did you get that from? i never said or implied any of these things.
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2015
#6
Exactly right. The Pope just expresses the views of the Catholic church,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2015
#7
Some, not most. Orthodox Judaism doesn't accept same sex marriage, Conservatism Judaism
whathehell
Sep 2015
#92
They burned one of my ancestors at the stake for having the shameless audacity to edit
JCMach1
Sep 2015
#17
This is thoughtful. I think that abortion is a far bigger issue to the Church.
yardwork
Sep 2015
#33
I agree that there is no reason to expect any change in Catholic teaching on abortion.
Skinner
Sep 2015
#46
I agree with this assessment, plus I'd add that the liberals who are lauding the Pope's
Nay
Oct 2015
#107
I believe Francis is a very, very good man and that humanity got really lucky with him.
Hortensis
Sep 2015
#23
agreed completely. i too think he is a likeable old man, and much like other likeable old men
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2015
#41
i actually get the personality part, he is far more likeable than the one before him
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2015
#43
I don't understand the hoopla either. It would have been more surprising had he not met with Kim.
kelliekat44
Sep 2015
#49
The pope compared gender theory to Nazi propaganda ... but he seems nice.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#52
i guess you're right. and i think skinner made a similar point upthread.
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2015
#54
Uh, the average Catholic is not American. Uganda is 44% Catholic, 13% of Uganda reports using a
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#67
Because people have been trying to use him as a litmus test for progressives, demanding that we
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#66
I don't hate the guy. So what if someone brought Kim Davis in there to meet him.
LynneSin
Sep 2015
#70
As I said before - He's an 18th-century man in charge of a 16th-century organization
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#79