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U.S. to sign U.N. gay rights declaration

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Tali Catz
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March 18, 2009 • 5:28 pm PDT
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will endorse a U.N. declaration
calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality that
then-President George W. Bush had refused to sign.

U.S. officials said Tuesday they had notified the declaration's French
sponsors that the administration wants to be added as a supporter. The
Bush administration was criticized in December when it was the only
western government that refused to sign on (how embarrassing).

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