In 7 countries, homosexuality = The death penalty

Islam: The religion of peace!

Disgusting

being gay is a death penalty in the united states if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time

Reply to chowmein2012:

If you think everyone should have "Freedom of Choice" than can I assume that you don't agree being homosexual should carry the death penalty?

This: "I was taught that if I was doing something or was thinking of doing something one way but the majority advised against it, then I shouldn't go against the majority because they are probably wiser and right..." seems like it could be very dangerous to me. Have you ever read "The Diary of Anne Frank?"

Homosexuality seems so obviously to not be a choice. Think about what it's like to be gay.

Ignore the fact that you may be ostracized by your friends, family, and most of society, that you most likely will not be able to marry, will likely face extreme hatred and violence, and even possible death (I'm not talking about somewhere else, but right here in the USA).

Instead, imagine you're making love to your girlfriend or wife. Now replace your lover with someone of the same sex. How does that make you feel? I don't think you'd make that choice, would you? Well, I don't think many, if any would make that choice.

I hope I didn't offend anyone, but I think views like chowmein2012's are dangerous. This is a Civil Rights issue. This is a human rights issue. If you were to truly search your heart on this issue, I think you would come to the same conclusion that I have, that one shouldn't have to "fight for your right" to be gay.

Most of the negative references to homosexuality in the Koran are references to the tale of Lot at Sodom and are drawn from the Old Testament. There is one line from a different chapter that states "And if two (men) of you commit it, then hurt them both; but if they turn again and amend, leave them alone, verily, God is easily turned, compassionate." That is the strongest prohibition on homosexuality contained therein.

There are, in addition, some very homoerotic verses in the Koran. In the chapter "Man," a verse about what good Muslim men can expect in Paradise goes, "They shall be attended by boys graced with eternal youth, who to the beholder's eyes will be like sprinkled pearls." In the chapter "The Mountain," Muslim men are promised "And there shall wait on them young boys of their own fair as virgin pearls."

As Muslim warriors were traditionally, unless rarely specifically forbidden, given leave to sack a city, usually for three days, and to take not just loot, but, also, captives of young men and women, and boys and girls for their sexual pleasure, they would have been fully aware of what these passages in the Koran were promising them would be theirs in Paradise. It was not just young female virgins there in the hereafter who would be tending to their sexual desires.

Seriously, you are questioning whether Islamic countries still exist in the 'dark ages'... I thought that answer would be an affirmative no brainier.

idk, maybe its because homosexuality is strictly forbidden in the Quran.

i for one dont have a problem with it...maybe its because i just dont care who a person chooses to love. but yeah Islamic countries forbid it because of that reason.

very nice story:}

funny how some people don't consider gay rights a civil rights issue.

Along with putting pressure on countries around the world to ban female genital mutilation, and stop stoning women to death, and stop burning women alive, and stop throwing acid in their faces, putting pressure on other countries to stop the persecution of homosexuals should become a major human rights campaign in the West. However, to not appear to be totally hypocritical, the West needs to correct its own discrimination against gays and give them full human rights at the same time that it is criticizing these human rights abuses abroad.

If only the same amount of people in uproarious protest against Prop. 8 would be aware and in protest against the far more egregious crimes against homosexuality around the world. This should take priority before semantics about policies when massive action is taken. Apparently millions of Americans can mobilize themselves to voice their anger for the trivial problems they feel themselves to have but cannot even care to mention the crimes occurring elsewhere to degrees far worse than anything happening here.

Translation of article into English (I hope it's OK):

Vatican accomplice of our martyrdom

On 3 December 2008 in front of the headquarters Archbishop of Genoa, guided by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, president of CEI, in the town where the next National Pride, members of Arcigay, including the chairman and national secretary, have drawn on the square to remember the dozens of gay and lesbian people in the world are dying because of their homosexuality.

93 nations in the world still legally punish homosexuality. In 7 of these - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Nigeria, Mauritania - gays and lesbians are punished with the death penalty (for details, visit the site of ILGA).

"These victims of hatred can not yell anything in their countries. We want to take to the streets to denounce these horrific violence in their place. "- Says Aurelio Mancuso, president National Arcigay -" In the city that will host the National Pride in June 2009, started the week in protest against the positions Vatican all ' UN. In the coming days in other cities external indignation and we will do our leaflets informing citizens ".

"We will seek a dialogue with Catholics, which, as shown by all polls these days, do not agree with the position taken Vatican." - Adds the national secretary Riccardo Gottardi - "To this protest in front of the Archbishopric, symbol of the church hierarchy, while facing the churches want to do an information and awareness in relation to the tragic violence that affect thousands of homosexual persons in the world. "