Obama administration decides to sign UN gay rights document

In further evidence of Obama’s departure from Bush era policy, the State Department announced last week they would sign on to a gay rights UN document. The document calls for the decriminalization of homosexuality and 66 countries have signed on so far. The UN drafted the document in December as a stand against human rights violations based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
The Bush Administration had previously argued that the document contradicted US law, but the Obama Administration disagrees.