A coalition of 66 countries is asking the UN to affirm that states shouldn’t punish gay people as criminals, according to AFP.

“We urge states to take all the necessary measures, in particular legislative or administrative, to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties, in particular executions, arrests or detention,” the draft document says.

The Vatican is opposed:

The Vatican considers the declaration a legitimate effort to stop the crackdown on homosexuality. But it worries that condemning anti-gay discrimination and biases will favor gay marriage, gay adoption or artificial insemination.

I have a question for the Vatican: Are you really making a slippery slope argument here? It seems like what you’re saying is, if you let gay people live, pretty soon they’ll be asking for marriage and adoption rights. I shake my head at you, Vatican.