It took them two days to muster the spiritual indignation, but the National Evangelical Association of Belize has finally blasted the US Embassy for raising the rainbow flag.
In a statement issued today, NEAB, quote, "expresses its disgust at the US Embassy flying the LGBT flag at the Embassy in Belmopan."
From there the statement goes ad-hominem, suggesting that US President Donald Trump would not approve. They say, quote, "These rogue views continue to be pushed by leftover appointees of the Obama Administration at the US Embassy and are not in line with the views and convictions of the Belizean populace. It is our hope that this event will expedite the appointment of a new US Ambassador under the new US President." end quote.
And apart from suggesting that some firings are in order, NEAB also does a little chest thumping, boasting that pro-Christian, anti-gay rights forces won a victory at the OAS General Assembly in Cancun this week. They note the failure of an attempt to widen the definition of human rights in an annual resolution on human rights. The new provision sought to protect individuals with intersex traits and condemn"homophobia and transphobia." Paraguay, Jamaica, Guatemala, Suriname, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados expressed reservations, and in the end, the assembly had to adopt the language of last year's resolution.
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