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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.
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.