ANOTHER MOVE TOWARD DARKNESS – AT 6:28 P.M. ET:  The United Nations Human Rights Council has nothing to do with human rights.  Under President Bush, we boycotted the council, refusing to dignify it.  Obama put us back, giving the corrupt institution, run by dictators and Muslim nations, credibility.

Naturally, that foreign-policy step by The One backfired, just like most of his other brilliant moves.  He sold us the line that we could moderate the council, but it's just gotten worse:

Geneva - The United Nations Human Rights Council voted in favour of a resolution condemning so-called "defamation of religion" in a tight vote on Thursday.

A coalition of 17 mostly Western nations, including the United States and the Netherlands, opposed the resolution, but 20 states, including China, Cuba and Saudi Arabia, voted in favour. Eight states abstained.

The resolution adopted by the 47-member council was similar to one passed last year, but also included a section slamming the recent Swiss vote to ban the construction of minarets in the country.

The resolution has drawn criticism from liberal groups over concerns of infringements on freedom of speech and a bias in favour of Islamic states.

I love it, I love it.  Criticism from "liberal" groups?  Seems to me that most of the criticism I hear is coming from conservative groups.  Many libs don't want to "offend" the dictators behind the resolution.

No mention of discrimination, other than anti-Muslim practices, was addressed in the resolution.

Opponents noted tight restrictions on Christians, Jews and others in states such as Saudi Arabia and Libya, which did not make it into the adopted text.

COMMENT:  The trouble is, resolutions like this are taken seriously in some less enlightened parts of the world, like Cambridge, Massachusetts.

March 26, 2010