THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: The Fake Shemp on July 09, 2007, 11:45:00 PM
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So sayeth The Washington Post! (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070902027.html?hpid=topnews)
Harassment and abuse of gay men and lesbians is becoming increasingly accepted as grounds for legal asylum in the United States, even at a time of conservative judicial activism, fear about HIV/AIDS transmission and increased scrutiny of asylum seekers. The government does not disclose a breakdown of reasons for granting asylum petitions, but legal advocacy groups in several major U.S. cities said they have won dozens of cases.
Homosexuality, once a de facto condition for barring foreigners from entering the country, is now officially recognized by the U.S. government as a category that might subject individuals to persecution in their homeland, just as if they were political dissidents in a dictatorship or religious minority members in a theocracy.
In one recent groundbreaking case, a lesbian from Uganda won U.S. asylum after her family had a stranger rape her as a "cure" for being gay. Neilson said the woman's petition was rejected initially by immigration officials because the abuse had been carried out in private, but an appeals court in Minnesota reversed that decision and approved her claim, noting that conditions in Uganda were so hostile that she could not seek protection from the state.
Someone tell all the conservatives - we're about to become one nation under penis!
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In one recent groundbreaking case, a lesbian from Uganda won U.S. asylum after her family had a stranger rape her as a "cure" for being gay.
Getting raped by a man... yeah that should do it.
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Drudge won't run with this story since he's a 'mo.
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a mo' of the ho' variety
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Drudge won't run with this story since he's a 'mo.
Drudge is gay?
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Drudge won't run with this story since he's a 'mo.
Drudge is gay?
David Brock outed him a few years ago in his book.
Also, I think it's pretty much a given that Ken Mehlman and Karl Rove are gay too.
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ONLY JEFF GANNON CAN SAVE US