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,Oct 06, 2017
US Votes Against UN Resolution Condemning Death Penalty for Religious Speech, Sexual Orientation
The United States has voted against an historic resolution passed by the United Nations Human Rights Council condemning the criminalization of and use of the death penalty for apostasy, blasphemy, adultery, and consensual same-sex relations and calling on nations in which the death penalty is legal to ensure that it is not imposed “arbitrarily or in a discriminatory manner.” The resolution also called for an end to the discriminatory use of the death penalty “against persons belonging to racial…