tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post4070058662313692023..comments2024-03-17T19:10:13.841-07:00Comments on A Closer Look: Jody Paterson: Gay rights is part of a development plan tooJody Patersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038299584414910712noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-34857772413847098122013-08-07T10:20:48.123-07:002013-08-07T10:20:48.123-07:00Honduras has the highest murder rate in the wester...Honduras has the highest murder rate in the western hemisphere, and among the highest in the world, and gay rights is top on your list of priorities? What about the right to simply walk to the tiendas and be half-way assured you'll get back in one piece? Right now, that's not a given. What about the right to have a full belly? That's not a given. TO health care? To simply get a 6th grade education? To find a job that pays a decent wage that does not depend on nepotism. To find a job that won't kill you because the working conditions are so bad. None of those are a given. I think Honduras has a few higher needs than gay rights awareness squads. Before you dispute that, remember that every deficiency I mentioned impacts gay adults and children as well as straight. Have you interviewed any gay Hondurans about which issues they would prefer addressed first? I would think even the gay Hondurans would prefer to not have to worry about the list of things I mentioned before worrying about whether they can walk down the street holding hands with their same sex partner. And yes, I have been to Honduras. I spent 27 months there, living in the a community near SPS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com