Kasz216 said:
Killiana1a said:
This post reeks of someone wanting to take advantage of "Gay" just to move from country to country whenever they feel like it.
Personally, being "Gay" is not the same as political refugee in my book. I can understand the plight of capitalistic Cubans fleeing Cuba out of fear of persecution and death. Likewise, I would grant refugee status to Gays from Middle Eastern and predominantly Muslim countries out of fear of a terrible death.
However, just being "Gay" should not give you the right non-Gays do not have to move from country to country based on your sexual orientation alone. The onus should be on the individual Gay to prove he/she will face a terrible death or life of complete, abject poverty just for their sexual orientation.
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I dunno, he might have enough reason.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Jordan
With the honor killings and stuff, it'd be tough to tell though.
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Bringing up "honor killngs" where fathers can murder their children for not being good muslims opens up a whole can of worms.
As a Westerner, I have serious reservations with countries such as Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan (when ruled by the Taliban) where the state advocates an extremist Wahhabi form of Islam.
Don't even get me started on how Muslims treat Women or Gays. I agree it is inhumane and degrading, but we are all individually bound by the rules and social mores of the cultures of the society we reside in.
