The Obama administration has announced a high profile effort to promote LGBT rights around the world. “Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, “but in fact they are one and the same.” Clinton announced a $3 million campaign to finance gay rights organizations.
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