U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses the session
''Cancer Moonshot: A Call to Action'' during the annual
meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,
Switzerland January 19, 2016.
REUTERS/RUBEN SPRICH
By Carmel Crimmins
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe
Biden urged executives in Davos to use their influence to
drive change in countries where lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people face repression, putting gay rights at
the heart of this year's meeting.
The issue is on the official agenda for the first time at the
World Economic Forum, where political leaders from
countries that discriminate against gay people, such as
NIGERIA and Russia, schmooze business leaders and
billionaire investors.
Biden told U.S. executives including Nathan Blecharczyk,
co-founder of apartment-sharing firm Airbnb, Muhtar Kent,
chairman and CEO of The Coca Cola Company, and Anthony
Scaramucci, founder of hedge fund SkyBridge Capital, to
push for change.
"You can change the terms of debate," he said. "You actually
put governments on notice."
He said he and President Barack Obama privately raise the
issue of repression of the LGBT community when they meet
political leaders.
"I have had some run-ins with at least four heads of state
already on this," said Biden.
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Banging his fist on the table, Biden said there was no
national cultural justification to discriminate against lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender people.
"People used to be cannibals as part of their culture, people
used to do terrible things as part of their culture," he said.
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the
United States' largest LGBT civil rights organization, said
business leaders should take the opportunity in Davos to
confront the leaders of countries with "hateful laws".
Big business has been key to lobbying for change on gay
marriage around the world. Some leading companies,
including Google, Twitter and eBay, released videos of their
employees voicing their support for marriage equality ahead
of a country-wide vote on the issue in Ireland.
Apple CEO (AAPL.O) Tim Cook came out last year, but
according to the U.S.-based Center for Talent Innovation,
41 percent of LGBT people do not feel comfortable
disclosing their sexuality at work.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalized same-sex marriage
nationwide last year but it is still legal in many U.S. states
to fire someone based on their sexual orientation.

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Hmmmm dumbfounded.
.
.aru!!

Naija must to chop kpomo for this matter oh! Unto end time things

Can't happen bruh!

Instead make you dey find how your life go better, na gay people dey worry you..


Abeg let us know when gay wahala put garri on top your empty table or money inside ya pocket..

Na by force

They'll never stop!

Jobless Americans. what is their business with who Nigerians Fvck??

How does this make N1=1$?
How does this end boko haram?
How does this reduce poverty?
How does this stop GEJ from being clueless?
How does this Bring Back Our Girls?
How does this provide jobs?
How does this increase the price of crude oil?
How does this recover our looted funds?