Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) has issued a scathing statement against the new president of the United Nations General Assembly, Ali Abdessalam Treki (who is a former foreign minister of Libya) for recent remarks that seemed to favor the criminalization of homosexuality:
The anti-gay bigotry spewed by this Qaddafi shill demonstrates once again that the UN has been hijacked by advocates of hate and intolerance. Congress must demand better by enacting pending legislation that would leverage our contributions to the UN to produce sweeping, meaningful reform of that body.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Good Illeana
Doing the right thing on her one good issue:
Thursday, September 3, 2009
From the Blogs
The latest stories from the Florida blogs...
Discourse.net: Ros-Lehtinen's Almost-Fair Health Care Survey
Bilerico Project Florida (Nadine Smith): Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Reaffirms Support for Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell
FLA Politics (spaterni): Florida ONE Members drop by to visit Rep. Ros-Lehtinen!
Miami-Dade Dems: Worrying about the "institutional gravities of Congress"
Miami-Dade Dems: FL-18: Ros-Lehtinen hosts MoveOn/Dems and enjoys
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