The International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), of which Kentucky Equality Federation is a paying, voting member, have just released the 2008 LGBTI Rights in the World Report.
- 7 countries continue to executed homosexuals
- 76 countries imprison them for life.
Click here to view a full sized map.
This map is shocking!
ILGA NOTES ABOUT THE UNITED STATES: The federal government of the United States is the centralized United States governmental body established by the Constitution (called Federal Government, or Federal State). In addition, the powers of the federal government as a whole are limited by the Constitution, which leaves a great deal of authority to the individual sovereign states. According to the United States Supreme Court, the authority of the federal government is restricted to the items in the U.S. Constitution; the authority of the several sovereign states is however, limitless.
The state governments have the greatest influence over most Americans' daily lives. Each state has its own written constitution, government, and code of laws. There are sometimes great differences in law and procedure between individual states, concerning issues such as property, crime, health, and education.
The several states and the federal state share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of their state of domicile.
Territories of the United States are not considered states, and lack the authority of states. This includes American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Federated States of Micronesia, Territory of Guam, Midway Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
1 comments:
I would just like to inform you of the spelling errors on this page that are very distracting to me. In the beginning of this article the error is "executive" instead of "execute". Also the question "Who effective do you think Kentucky Equality Federation has been?" posted for a poll should say "How". I think you are doing a good job on reporting discrimination on issues in Kentucky which aren't reported anywhere else. Thank you for giving us a voice.
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