Western governments’ promotion of LGBT issues has caused friction in some conservative countries in recent years, including the predominantly Roman Catholic Dominican Republic, Islamic Pakistan, and Nigeria, where homosexuality is largely frowned upon by Christians and Muslims alike.
He said in cases where countries do not respond positively, the U.S. will gather and make available information that will “make it easier for employees and all of you to sort of pick and choose and know what the lay of the land is.”
“But at some point in time,” he continued, “we may have to begin to make it clear to them that that can affect one program or another or the choices that we make. It’s not going to be a normal relationship. This is who we are, this what you have to respect, and that’s the way it is.”
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