To be filed under “And you thought we were enemies” or perhaps “Homophobia makes strange bedfellows”:

[Via RawStory]

US legislators press Rice on UN vote against gays
Tue Feb 7, 2006 9:36 PM ET
By Irwin ArieffUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Bush administration’s support for Iran’s proposal to bar two gay rights groups from a voice at the United Nations sparked a demand from U.S. legislators on Tuesday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repudiate the action.

Of course there is nothing new in this sort of behaviour. The US has selectively enrolled in the Axis of Evil previously, for equally honourable causes, such as war crimes immunity, weapons ban (avoiding them, that is), executing jueveniles and mentally disabled…