We should break off diplomatic relations with any country that has the death penalty for gay people.

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9. We should, but it won't happen because of the oil. In a similar instance Jimmy Carter tried

something like this by boycotting the Olympics in Russia, and blocking the Russian wheat deal

It didn't work out because other countries refused to join in, and made those actions ineffective.

The same would most likely happen in this situation, but more amplified.

Most of the countries involved in that are the oil rich middle eastern countries. Unless a unified approach with the other countries could be obtained, breaking off diplomatic relations I suspect would not accomplish very much.