UK threatens to cut aid over gay rights

[Kasz216]

sapphi_snake said:

Kasz216 said:

I think this is just a plan by David Cameron to slash the foreign aid budget.

On the one hand, it sounds like a good idea to try and force gay rights.

Though on the other hand, i worry about the Anti-UK blowback in countries where people will suddenly begin starving combined with cultures that wouldn't even recognize gay rights if they weren't ruled by autocrats.

One could even argue that by having it forced by another government, actual acceptence of such a law would take even longer.

Complicated issue.

Well, it wasn't all that terrible in Romania.

Really?  From what I read, homophobia is still VERY strong in Romania... and Romania isn't exactly as skeptical of the west as the Middle East/Africa.