do something to help if he chose,

14.6% of Gambia's imports come from the United states they could stop the exports to Gambia.

also 60% of its imports come from the UK, France, Belgium and a couple of other EU countries. Bush could put pressure on the EU or on countries like Britain where there are strong links to stop Exporting as much to Gambia (obvously completely stopping exports would harm their economy aswell).

obviously Bush wouldn't do this, so it's a valid point as this will go unnoticed on the world stage as Jamaica is also going unnoticed.

in the end that's the world we live in, and all we can do is campaign for more awarness for sexual orientation as a human right!

http://www.petitiononline.com/br2007/petition.html

please sign the petition to the UN trying to get this!

 

My point is that Bush speaks out on human rights violations when they effect certain groups but he doesn't speak out when it effects gays. He  speaks out about human rights when it's those who he believes deserving of that. Vail is right, he could speak out if he chose to and that was my point.

I think she meant that George Bush and co wouldn't comment negatively on this story as they would, say , if some fundamental country stated they wanted all Christians to leave or they would behead them. Neither would GWB and associates offer assylum or refugee status to gay people under persecution as they would to those who belong to particular faiths. It's obviously not a competition but its a comparison of which lives hold greater priority.

I mean, right now, many gays and lesbians in Iraq are being persecuted and hurt. yet all this is being tacitly supported by the present Iraqi government who are being supported by the US government and military. Obviously, George Bush isn't the only leader not taking a stand but it obviously means more coming from the powerful leader of the "free world."

We can alert the media, bombard them with emails and phone calls. We can do the same with our senators and congresspeople. We can write and call gay action groups and civil action groups. Once we have a new president we can also bombard Obama's office. We can hold rallies and prostest to our own government for not doing more,we can hold protests at the embassies and the UN etc,

Signing on internet petition is fine, but I've never heard of an internet petition making much of a difference in anything.