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    EUROPEAN UNION WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT ANTI-GAY STATES AS NEW MEMBERS

    Instinct Magazine
    http://instinctmagazine.com/blogs/blog/european-union-will-no-longer-accept-anti-gay-states-as-new-members?directory=100011
    July 16 2012

    The European Commission has laid down the law in a new statement that
    bodes well for the LGBT community of member states looking to get in on
    the EU action; no longer will prospective European Union members with
    poor LGBT rights records be allowed into the cool club. Details follow.

    Reads the new statement:

    "Rights of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] people thus
    form an integral part of both the Copenhagen political criteria for
    accession and the EU legal framework on combatting discrimination.

    They are closely monitored by the EU commission, which reports annually
    on the progress made by enlargement countries with regard to the
    situation of the LGBT community," it said. The commission note was
    sent to EUobserver in response to a question born of an interview with
    an Armenian cleric. Armenia, a deeply Christian country where church
    teaching has more authority than in many EU states with Christian
    roots, is keen to become an EU member. Homosexuality is not against
    the law. But according to a recent study by the Brussels-based rights
    group Ilga-Europe, it scores better only than Moldova and Russia in
    terms of legal protection of LGBT people in Europe."

    Iceland, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey are the official
    current candidates for EU admittance. As Joe My God points out,
    many existing EU nations make life harsh for their LGBT citizens,
    prompting many to wonder why the Commission isn't condemning its own
    members for their abuse of human rights.

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