Grab a chair and a couple of root beers...

It was 100 F (37.7 C) at the school down the street from us today, and 101 F (38.3 C) at my son's school.

It's only May 25th!! Jays, this is going to be one scorcher of a summer! It's going to be another triple digit summer like it was two years ago, I just know it. Yay whoopie yay.

Yesterday, when I picked the Impossible Son up from school, he stated most emphatically, "Mom, I never... ever... want to come back to this school... ever... again."

And I thought, "Uh-oh, what happened now?" Because he'd been having bully problems, I'd emailed his teacher and while she didn't reply to me, he had told me things had improved.

( Next, he'll want to sell me ocean front property in Arizona... )

Guys? How did we miss the United Nations voting to allow gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender individuals to be executed without cause... well, except for their being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc?

It happened on November 20, 2010... and we missed it!!

No one reported on it. I found a vague mention in the BBC News archives, but not in any of the other main news services, not CNN, not ABC, hell, not even NPR!!! WTF???

So how did I find it? I found an interesting image of a man in a dress suit with a rope for a tie,




and when I clicked it to get a better look, it took me straight HERE.

Now, the article shocked me, and I couldn't quite believe it, so, I immediately used my Google-fu and, omg... it's true. The closest I could come to finding anything that mentions anything close to a vote on the right date is this one, which does not mention sexual orientation, and the article is from the day before the vote. And I found THIS on the New Civil Rights Movement site.

So, basically, what happened is... the United Nations General Assembly voted in November to remove sexual orientation from a resolution addressing extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. In other words... if you are in a country where it is a crime to be gay, bisexual, or transgender, the United Nations is perfectly okay with that.

O_o!!

Is anyone surprised that among the countries voting for this stupidity, we have Iran, Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iraq?

I am happy and gratified to learn that the United States voted against this. As did the United Kingdom, Australia, and many European countries.

But, people, seriously??? How did this happen and NOT make the news??? I don't get to watch the news as often as I like, but trust me, I would have perked up my ears, sat up and listened! I have loved ones who could be affected by this!! And even if I didn't, it would still be WRONG!

Words are just not enough. It's the United Nations, people!!

Excuse me, I'm going to go bang my head into something until the rage goes away and I can think about it without wanting to kill someone...

ETA: Here, another link for you to read.

ETA #2: And yet another link.

ETA #3: Thanks to tilia_tomentosa and theoldone for sharing this, the United Nations back-tracked and reinserted the words "sexual orientation" into the resolution regarding unjustified executions on December 21, 2010, link HERE. Thank goodness! But the fact that it could have passed in the first place is still horrifying!!!