Dominicans Rage Against Obama's Gay Ambassador Pick

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48. Apparently it's not so easy to "appoint gay ambassadors" to places that don't want them

I've been following the argument here for the past 5 years, and the amount of energy that has been expended castigating Obama for not hustling to appoint openly gay ambassadors/diplomats has been amazing.

Personally, I would not want to send someone to a place like Uganda, where they might be killed, or to Russia, where they might be imprisoned. But that's just how I am. I don't like to send people to their deaths just to make a point. Who knew about the Dominican Republic?

But, like the GOP in Congress has the obnoxious right to deny or delay appointments, countries have the sovereign right to reject ambassadors or to expel them. Uncle Sam can take umbrage, Uncle Sam can force the issue, but wait... there's more info to be had. The article says "some segments" and "the evangelical church." So we really don't know yet if the Dominican government will say no to the ambassador.

We'll see.