News | Gay Congressman introduces bill to require U.S. to defend LGBTQ+ rights worldwide

I_Fart_Glitter @lemmy.world 1d ago

I feel like if this passed we would end up using it as a free pass to nuke certain countries that we (not me, but you know) wanted to nuke anyway.

tornavish @lemmy.cafe 1d ago
Right, killing countless LGBT
- pticrix @lemmy.ca 22h ago
  yes but saving billions of future lgbtq+ people! It's called effective altruism!

know_your_place @eviltoast.org 1d ago

I'm LGBT. The US better stay in its fucking lane.

I'm sick and tired of US overreach and I hope everyone who ever voted for or organised any military operation from the US suddenly dies of cardiac arrest in the most painful way possible.

fonix232 @fedia.io 1d ago
Same. I'm bi, and while I appreciate the idea/intent behind this move... I fully agree with you. We don't need the US to be policing anything beyond its borders, especially after they've proven to be an unreliable ally on literally anything and everything.
a_non_monotonic_function @lemmy.world 18h ago
Same here. I'm sitting here thinking, wait a minute yet another way for us to police the entire f****** world?

Kirp123 @lemmy.world 1d ago

The US should start by defending LGBTQ rights in its own country first. They're not doing too great on that front lately.

blinfabian @feddit.nl 1d ago

cant wait for america to invade algeria because ~~they found oil~~ they are homophobic, but saudi arabia "somehow" gets a pass

🍉 Albert 🍉 @lemmy.world 23h ago

Yay pink washing American imperialism by a country that's eroding gay rights.

Leon @pawb.social 1d ago

Typical American exceptionalism to believe that they should get to be the arbiter of right and wrong, when they do little else but get things wrong. Imagine the U.S. trying to bring "democracy" to other countries? Oh, wait...

TacoSocks @infosec.pub 1d ago

The defense of LGBTQ+ rights is in decline in the U.S, so the bill's only propose is for this headline. I guess gay politicans can be just as uselessly proformative as straight ones.

Duamerthrax @lemmy.world 1d ago
It's about forcing politicians to openly state which side of the discussion they're on.
- TacoSocks @infosec.pub 12h ago
  Republicans control the house, they won't bring it up for vote.