Gay UN

From the MT:
"Russia Wants to Cut Staff Benefits for Same-Sex Couples in the UN"

Russia has asked a United Nations General Assembly committee to vote on Tuesday on its proposal to stop the world body extending staff benefits to all same-sex couples, diplomats said.  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in July that the United Nations would recognize all same-sex marriages of its staff, allowing them to receive UN benefits. Previously, staff members' personal status was determined by the laws of their country of nationality. But the United Nations now recognizes all same-sex couples married in a country where it is legal, regardless of their nationality.

Russia wants the General Assembly Fifth Committee, which deals with the United Nations budget, to overturn Ban's decision and requested a vote on Tuesday. Russia has been threatening to put the measure to a vote since December. The Fifth Committee website was updated on Friday to show that "action" would be taken on the proposal on Tuesday. Diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was unclear how much support there was for the measure. The Russian UN mission declined to comment. Russia triggered global criticism in 2013 when it banned spreading "gay propaganda" to children. Critics denounced the law as discriminatory and said it is a curb on rights to free speech and assembly. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there is no gay discrimination in Russia, which decriminalized homosexuality in 1993.

^ Any employee (gay or straight) working for an international organization should follow international law. If a couple gets married in a place where it is legal for them to marry then the international organization should treat  them as married even if their native country doesn't. Many countries around the world (most of Africa, parts of the Caribbean, most of the Middle East and Russia) openly discriminate against homosexuals -  including some putting them to death - and that is just plain wrong and shouldn't be tolerated. ^

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/news/article/russia-wants-to-cut-staff-benefits-for-same-sex-couples-in-the-un/517819.html