Wed Mar 22, 2023 – 3:53 pm EDTWed Mar 22, 2023 – 4:12 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — A Biden administration spokesman on Tuesday took aim at a new piece of legislation in majority-Christian Uganda that would impose strict criminal penalties for homosexuality, arguing that the furtherance of so-called “LGBTQ+ rights” is “a core part of” U.S. “foreign policy and will remain so.”
“President Biden has been nothing but consistent about his belief, foundational belief, in human rights – and LGBTQ+ rights are human rights,” National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby said during a March 21 press conference in which he joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
U.S. President Joe Biden has previously declared it to be the policy of the U.S. “to lead by the power of our example in the cause of advancing the human rights of LGBTQ+ persons around the world.”
“We’re never going to shy away [or] be bashful about speaking up for those rights and for individuals to live as they deem fit, as they want to live,” Kirby told reporters. “And that’s something that’s a core part of our foreign policy and that will remain so.”
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