Committee Topic Intro:This topic is one that is contentious in nearly all nations, from the very industrialized to the relatively rural. What role does the gay population play in the social system, the economy, the education system, and the everyday life in a given nation? Should these people be afforded the same rights as others, and should they be allowed to even openly discuss their feelings or beliefs? This will be an issue that will be divisive for many nations, because often the issue of gay rights creates very polar opinion
Questions:
1. What are the issues/ rights that Gays fight for?
2. What is your opinion on Same-sex Marriage?
3. Should gay populations be given equal opportunities and access to the basic rights that the United Nations guarantees all people?
4.How can governments more efficiently eliminate housing discrimination and stigmas revolving around being gay?
Gay Rights:
Gay Rights Website
Youtube Video: It’s OK to be Gay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j4t185wl-0
GLAD: Gays and Lesbians Awakening Day
Mutual Toilet Movement in Taiwan
http://glad-14th.blogspot.com/
Gay Marriage:
Legalized countries: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden
1. Wikipedia: Same-Sex Marriage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage
2. CNN: California ban on same-sex marriage struck down (May 15, 2008)http://articles.cnn.com/2008-05-15/us/same.sex.marriage_1_lesbian-couples-marriage-licenses-shannon-minter?_s=PM:US
3. UN human rights chief praises Iceland for legalizing same-sex marriage
(June 21,2010)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/storyAr.asp?NewsID=35081&Cr=pillay&Cr1=
Iceland deserves credit for eliminating barriers to same-sex marriage, which will become legal in the Nordic country this weekend, the United Nations human rights chief says.
Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, wrapped up her official visit to Iceland with a statement on Friday commending Iceland “for the significant progress it has achieved through recent legislation removing legal impediments to same-sex marriages.”
Iceland will become the ninth country to legalize same-sex marriage following legislation that passed the country’s parliament earlier this month. Same-sex marriage is already legal in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Sweden, as well as in some areas of the United States and Mexico.
In her statement Ms. Pillay also praised Iceland for strengthening the independence of its judiciary and freedom of expression, and she welcomed efforts to set up an independent human rights institution.
During her visit – the first ever trip to Iceland by a UN human rights chief – Ms. Pillay met Foreign Minister Össur Skarphédinsson, Justice and Human Rights Minister Ragna Árnadóttir and other senior Government officials, as well as representatives of civil society and academia. She also addressed the University of Iceland in the capital, Reykjavik.
4. African gays and lesbians combat bias
An ‘invisible’ minority seeks legal safeguards, acceptance
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol21no1/211-gays-lesbians-combat-bias.html
5. What's next for the same-sex marriage debate? (CNN)http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-26/politics/same.sex.states_1_same-sex-marriages-john-baldacci-california-ruling?_s=PM:POLITICS
6. U.S. support for gay marriage rises steadily (CNN, October 13th, 2010)
American support for same-sex marriage is rising steadily - and conservative Protestants seem to be the last religious group holding out against it, a large new poll suggests.
Nearly six out of 10 white evangelicals were against gay marriage, and just over five out of 10 black Protestants opposed it, the Public Religion Research Institute announced Wednesday.
But among Catholics and members of so-called "mainline" Protestant churches, more people favored gay marriage than opposed it.
People not affiliated with any religion back gay marriage by a 4-to-1 ratio, the 2010 American Values Survey found.
Among all Americans, backing for allowing gay and lesbian marriages rose from 29 percent in 2008 to 37 percent today.
And a majority of young people back gay marriage, their survey found - 52 percent of 18-29 year-olds are in favor, while another 23 percent support civil unions.
The results mirror similar findings from another recent survey.
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, another Washington think tank, found last week that 42 percent of Americans favored gay marriage, while 48 percent opposed it.
It was the first time in the 15-year history of the Pew Forum asking the question that opposition to gay marriage fell below 50 percent, the think tank said.
Pew asked if people favored gay marriage or opposed it. The Public Religion Research Institute asked a slightly different question: whether respondents favor gay marriage, civil unions, or opposed both.
The institute revealed its findings as it unveiled new information from its 2010 American Values Survey, a telephone poll of 3,013 American adults conducted from September 1-14.
Initial findings from the survey came out last week, and suggested that the Tea Party and the Christian conservative movement have more in common than conventional wisdom held.
Americans are aware that their views on gay marriage are shifting, they told the Public Research Religion Insititute.
About two out of 10 said they had become more supportive of gay and lesbian rights over time. About one in 20 said they had become less so, while 73 percent said their views had not changed.
Views on abortion, another hot-button "moral" issue, are more stable, the survey found.
Seven out of 100 people said they had become more supportive of abortion rights. Exactly the same number said they had become less so, while 85 percent said their views had not changed.
White evangelical Protestants, the group most opposed to gay marriage according to the American Values Survey, make up just over a quarter of the U.S. population, the Pew Forum's U.S Religious Landscape Survey says.
The American Values Survey confirmed that there's a sharp political divide between black and white conservative Protestants, despite their agreement on gay marriage.
Seven out of 10 white evangelicals are Republicans, while nine out of 10 black Protestants are Democrats.
More than six out of 10 white evangelicals say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights, while about three out of 10 black Protestants say that.
7. Youtube video: 2008 Gay Marriage Debate in Taiwan President Electionhttp://www.youtube.com/user/gaywanting#p/u/5/kIUaYFHYg2k
1. What are the issues/ rights that Gays fight for?
2. What is your opinion on Same-sex Marriage?
3. Should gay populations be given equal opportunities and access to the basic rights that the United Nations guarantees all people?
4.How can governments more efficiently eliminate housing discrimination and stigmas revolving around being gay?
Gay Rights:
Gay Rights Website
Youtube Video: It’s OK to be Gay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j4t185wl-0
GLAD: Gays and Lesbians Awakening Day
Mutual Toilet Movement in Taiwan
http://glad-14th.blogspot.com/
Gay Marriage:
Legalized countries: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden
1. Wikipedia: Same-Sex Marriage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage
2. CNN: California ban on same-sex marriage struck down (May 15, 2008)http://articles.cnn.com/2008-05-15/us/same.sex.marriage_1_lesbian-couples-marriage-licenses-shannon-minter?_s=PM:US
3. UN human rights chief praises Iceland for legalizing same-sex marriage
(June 21,2010)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/storyAr.asp?NewsID=35081&Cr=pillay&Cr1=
Iceland deserves credit for eliminating barriers to same-sex marriage, which will become legal in the Nordic country this weekend, the United Nations human rights chief says.
Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, wrapped up her official visit to Iceland with a statement on Friday commending Iceland “for the significant progress it has achieved through recent legislation removing legal impediments to same-sex marriages.”
Iceland will become the ninth country to legalize same-sex marriage following legislation that passed the country’s parliament earlier this month. Same-sex marriage is already legal in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Sweden, as well as in some areas of the United States and Mexico.
In her statement Ms. Pillay also praised Iceland for strengthening the independence of its judiciary and freedom of expression, and she welcomed efforts to set up an independent human rights institution.
During her visit – the first ever trip to Iceland by a UN human rights chief – Ms. Pillay met Foreign Minister Össur Skarphédinsson, Justice and Human Rights Minister Ragna Árnadóttir and other senior Government officials, as well as representatives of civil society and academia. She also addressed the University of Iceland in the capital, Reykjavik.
4. African gays and lesbians combat bias
An ‘invisible’ minority seeks legal safeguards, acceptance
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol21no1/211-gays-lesbians-combat-bias.html
5. What's next for the same-sex marriage debate? (CNN)http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-26/politics/same.sex.states_1_same-sex-marriages-john-baldacci-california-ruling?_s=PM:POLITICS
6. U.S. support for gay marriage rises steadily (CNN, October 13th, 2010)
American support for same-sex marriage is rising steadily - and conservative Protestants seem to be the last religious group holding out against it, a large new poll suggests.
Nearly six out of 10 white evangelicals were against gay marriage, and just over five out of 10 black Protestants opposed it, the Public Religion Research Institute announced Wednesday.
But among Catholics and members of so-called "mainline" Protestant churches, more people favored gay marriage than opposed it.
People not affiliated with any religion back gay marriage by a 4-to-1 ratio, the 2010 American Values Survey found.
Among all Americans, backing for allowing gay and lesbian marriages rose from 29 percent in 2008 to 37 percent today.
And a majority of young people back gay marriage, their survey found - 52 percent of 18-29 year-olds are in favor, while another 23 percent support civil unions.
The results mirror similar findings from another recent survey.
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, another Washington think tank, found last week that 42 percent of Americans favored gay marriage, while 48 percent opposed it.
It was the first time in the 15-year history of the Pew Forum asking the question that opposition to gay marriage fell below 50 percent, the think tank said.
Pew asked if people favored gay marriage or opposed it. The Public Religion Research Institute asked a slightly different question: whether respondents favor gay marriage, civil unions, or opposed both.
The institute revealed its findings as it unveiled new information from its 2010 American Values Survey, a telephone poll of 3,013 American adults conducted from September 1-14.
Initial findings from the survey came out last week, and suggested that the Tea Party and the Christian conservative movement have more in common than conventional wisdom held.
Americans are aware that their views on gay marriage are shifting, they told the Public Research Religion Insititute.
About two out of 10 said they had become more supportive of gay and lesbian rights over time. About one in 20 said they had become less so, while 73 percent said their views had not changed.
Views on abortion, another hot-button "moral" issue, are more stable, the survey found.
Seven out of 100 people said they had become more supportive of abortion rights. Exactly the same number said they had become less so, while 85 percent said their views had not changed.
White evangelical Protestants, the group most opposed to gay marriage according to the American Values Survey, make up just over a quarter of the U.S. population, the Pew Forum's U.S Religious Landscape Survey says.
The American Values Survey confirmed that there's a sharp political divide between black and white conservative Protestants, despite their agreement on gay marriage.
Seven out of 10 white evangelicals are Republicans, while nine out of 10 black Protestants are Democrats.
More than six out of 10 white evangelicals say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights, while about three out of 10 black Protestants say that.
7. Youtube video: 2008 Gay Marriage Debate in Taiwan President Electionhttp://www.youtube.com/user/gaywanting#p/u/5/kIUaYFHYg2k
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