US ambassador confronts Hipolito on discrimination against gays
He says that his husband Satawake can speak with Mejia on the issue
Niza Campos
SANTO DOMINGO. The United States ambassador in the country, James W Brewster, confronted former President Hipolito Mejia, over the comments that he made recently in New York regarding homosexuality and gay marriage, which he called derogatory.
"I feel particularly scandalized and disheartened by your recent disrespect and insensitive comments regarding those who have a different sexual orientation than yours, because we have been together in our respective homes," he said in a letter sent to the former President.
He said that the term "little queer" used by Mejia is pejorative and perpetuates the abuse or bullying, the discrimination against the minorities and promotes abuse in all of society. He says that although the intention of his words was not to insult, they had that effect.
As the former President of the Dominican Republic and a public figure, your comments reflect a negative image of the dignity of your nation. There are many Dominicans here and overseas that fight for the equality of everyone created by God, a struggle that I hope you appreciate and lead," he noted.
Brewster referred to the willingness of his husband Bob Satawake to hold a meeting with Mejia, in order to talk about the issue.
He cited that the arguments put forward by the former President regarding gay marriage, concerning procreation, discriminate the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, but they also eliminate an important number of persons that cannot have children or who decide not to procreate.
He reminded him that President Obama has worked tirelessly in the struggle against discrimination of the members of the LGBT community, and that in a large part of the United States marriages between persons of the same sex are now legal. "
The struggle against discrimination of the LGBT community is an integral part of our diplomacy in favor of the protection of human rights around the world," he states in a letter dated 10 April and which was sent to the Mejia residents.
"I feel particularly scandalized and disheartened by your recent disrespect and insensitive comments regarding those who have a different sexual orientation than yours, because we have been together in our respective homes," he said in a letter sent to the former President.
He said that the term "little queer" used by Mejia is pejorative and perpetuates the abuse or bullying, the discrimination against the minorities and promotes abuse in all of society. He says that although the intention of his words was not to insult, they had that effect.
As the former President of the Dominican Republic and a public figure, your comments reflect a negative image of the dignity of your nation. There are many Dominicans here and overseas that fight for the equality of everyone created by God, a struggle that I hope you appreciate and lead," he noted.
Brewster referred to the willingness of his husband Bob Satawake to hold a meeting with Mejia, in order to talk about the issue.
He cited that the arguments put forward by the former President regarding gay marriage, concerning procreation, discriminate the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, but they also eliminate an important number of persons that cannot have children or who decide not to procreate.
He reminded him that President Obama has worked tirelessly in the struggle against discrimination of the members of the LGBT community, and that in a large part of the United States marriages between persons of the same sex are now legal. "
The struggle against discrimination of the LGBT community is an integral part of our diplomacy in favor of the protection of human rights around the world," he states in a letter dated 10 April and which was sent to the Mejia residents.
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