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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (733079)8/17/2013 12:58:09 PM
From: joseffy  Read Replies (1) of 1579773
 
Obama---Putin Bad; Islamists — Hey, No Problem!
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The American Conservative ^ | August 16, 2013 | Rod Dreher


‘What,” Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was asked, “is [Islam’s] judgment on sodomy and lesbianism?”

“Forbidden,” he curtly pronounced. “Those involved in the act should be punished. In fact, sodomites should be killed in the worst manner possible.”

So what does Barack Obama have to say about that?

Cynically mounting his high horse last week in the cozy confines of Jay Leno’s late-night TV comedy program — a venue popular with his ill-informed admirers, one where hypocrisy won’t be noticed, much less challenged — the president declaimed, “I have no patience for countries that try to treat gays or lesbians or transgender persons in ways that intimidate or are harmful to them.”

This was his purported human-rights rationale for canceling a summit meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, who in June signed an anti-gay law banning “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations.” Obama told Leno that “making sure people are treated fairly and justly” is a “precept that’s not unique to America” and “should apply everywhere.”

Seriously?

(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ..
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