VIDEO: Watch Hillary Clinton's Speech Declaring 'Gay Rights Are Human Rights'

Watch Hillary Clinton's Speech Declaring

'Gay Rights Are Human Rights'

As you know, McKinney & Associates had dedicated their blogging last week to focussing on the upcoming United Nations' (UN) Human Rights Day. This event was officially observed on December 10, to mark the anniversary of the presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While the United States hasn't always had a spotless record on the subject of Human Rights, it was quite encouraging to listen to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton's speech in front of the United Nations in which she declard that it is a "violation of human rights" to commit violence or discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation. This was a bold step for U.S. foreign policy as the speech was delivered in front of ambassadors from many countries in which discrimination and/or violence against homosexuals is allowed or even encouraged. Here is a very discouraging map of Africa which highlights penalties targeting gays and lesbians for each country. In her speech, Clinton tackled many of the common stereotypes leveled at gay people and called on other nations to eliminate laws that criminalize or marginalize homosexuals.