In the style of Canadian Cynic...

Shorter Vatican City: "No one actually wants to defend the death penalty or imprisonment for homosexuals, but we explicitly oppose this UN resolution that would prohibit the death penalty or imprisonment for homosexuals."
The Catholic Church, which I grew up thinking was a bastion of morality and a well from which good ethics could be drawn, continues to fail to defend human dignity. There could not be a clearer demonstration of how the Church places adherence to its dogma above respect for human life.