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UN chief dismisses countries critical of LGBT stamp

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English: Ban Ki-moon 日本語: 潘基文 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seemingly ignored and eventually dismissed concerns about the UN promoting homosexuality through explicit UN postage stamps , signaling that the stamps will not be withdrawn as some member states have demanded. Earlier this month countries stood by helplessly as UN bureaucrats presented a series of UN postage stamps that depict homosexuality, transsexualism, and homosexual “parenting” at UN headquarters to great fanfare and expense in an  eccentric ceremony  featuring an all male 33 member strong gay chorus singing love songs and show tunes against a backdrop of naked dancers and Greek gods. Delegations of at least 86 countries tried to prevent the release of the stamps on the eve of the event. Letters objecting to the stamps were sent to Ban Ki-moon on February 3 and remained unanswered for two weeks. Predictably the Secretary General, a vociferous proponent of social acceptance o