LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

ProgressiveProfessor

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3. Not at nearly the same level

Sun May 20, 2012, 12:35 PM

May 2012

Being openly gay in the Bible Belt and you might have a harder time finding getting a marriage license. Being openly gay in Iran will get you stoned to death.

The hardcore fundies in this country are on the political margins. Even so, no group with any standing has called for stoning them in the US. Not true in muslim nations or regions where the sharia is the highest law.

While any kind of discrimination is wrong, there are several orders of magnitude of difference here. Lumping them together is easy and convenient, but is intellectually dishonest.

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Iran's persecution of gay community revealed [View all] jimmie May 2012 OP

Disgusting nt jimmie May 2012 #1

Revealed? The neocons have been pounding away at this same message for decades. leveymg May 2012 #2

Not at nearly the same level ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #3

Right, but wrong. War and advocating war against a group of people is the ultimate persecution. leveymg May 2012 #4

When did Israel threaten war? jimmie May 2012 #5

Just last week. leveymg May 2012 #6

You're kidding , right? jimmie May 2012 #7

I kid you not. Israel effectively used nuclear blackmail to force U.S. arms shipments leveymg May 2012 #8

Oy vey jimmie May 2012 #9

You think they aren't blackmailing the U.S. again, this time over Iran's enrichment program? leveymg May 2012 #10

i guess youre right jimmie May 2012 #11

Not only ak1 May 2012 #12