The West must show support for homosexuals

The president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has announced that all homosexuals who do not leave the country voluntarily will be beheaded. The political weekly Elsevier appeals to the West to give an international demonstration of support for homosexuals. "Not all things arouse the same amount of anger and indignation in the West. The gross violation of homosexuals' rights, for instance, is not the kind of cause that the West wants to support, not because Western politicians are against homosexuals but simply because they consider this issue less important. Cultural differences are taken more into account here. It is seen as other nations' right, particularly Muslim nations, to regard homosexuals as inferior. ... If this is true, is Europe prepared to appeal to the UN Security Council? And is Europe prepared to give the president of Gambia an ultimatum? I fear that [Western politicians] will not do these things."

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