Gay sentenced to prison. How do you feel?

[Beaudreaux]

In Malawi, two gay men were sentenced to 14 years in prison for homosexual acts. Where do you suppose the judge got the idea that homosexuality was such a punishable offense?

BBC News - Malawi gay couple sentenced to 14 years in jail

 

[monta]

Where do you suppose the judge got the idea that homosexuality was such a punishable offense?

BBC News - Malawi gay couple sentenced to 14 years in jail

Have there been any American experts in homosexuality in Malawi recently ? They were the geniuses behind this little gem.
http://wthrockmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/anti-homosexuality-bill-2009.pdf
Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push - NYTimes.com

 

[Beaudreaux]

Have there been any American experts in homosexuality in Malawi recently ? They were the geniuses behind this little gem.
http://wthrockmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/anti-homosexuality-bill-2009.pdf
Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push - NYTimes.com

Unbelievable! Where did these evangelicals GET this crazy notion?

 

[Ozzie]

Unbelievable! Where did these evangelicals GET this crazy notion?

Which came first, the headhunter or the cannibal?

 

[Comicaze247]

In Malawi, two gay men were sentenced to 14 years in prison for homosexual acts. Where do you suppose the judge got the idea that homosexuality was such a punishable offense?

BBC News - Malawi gay couple sentenced to 14 years in jail

Have there been any American experts in homosexuality in Malawi recently ? They were the geniuses behind this little gem.
http://wthrockmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/anti-homosexuality-bill-2009.pdf
Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push - NYTimes.com

Oh good grief

 

[Smoke]

Have there been any American experts in homosexuality in Malawi recently ?

The thing that would be funny if it weren't so tragic, is that most African countries learned their virulent hatred of gay people at the knee of Christian and Muslim missionaries and colonial governments. They've learned their catechism so well that now they think common human decency is "un-African."

 

[michel]

I was surprised to see that Malawi is mostly Christian - in fact Catholic. From my knowledge, homosexuality is quite common in Africa; I really can't understand the judge.

 

[Smoke]

I was surprised to see that Malawi is mostly Christian - in fact Catholic.

The Catholic Church only respects human rights in countries where the balance of power is against it. Whenever it has the opportunity, it rules with an iron fist.

 

[monta]

I wasn't really joking about the missionaries, I honestly do think there is a co-ordinated effort to try and encourage other countries to have a draconian attitudes to homosexuality in order for the pray the gay away people to have a little win, and also so that people can't say, things like ''even in ____insert country here___ gay people have equal rights'' they are making heroic efforts to make homophobia the norm globally, like modern day Johnny Appleseeds sowing ignorance wherever they can.

 

[S-word]

A young inexperienced judge who, for the first time had a convicted homosexual before him in his court, rang a more experienced and senior judge and asked him if he had ever tried a homosexual, and what he gave him: to which the older more mature judge replied, "Two dollars and a bunch of flowers and told him that he was lucky to get that."

 

[Muffled]

The thing that would be funny if it weren't so tragic, is that most African countries learned their virulent hatred of gay people at the knee of Christian and Muslim missionaries and colonial governments. They've learned their catechism so well that now they think common human decency is "un-African."

You are about as funny as a three dollar bill. Christians don't hate sinners. We hate the sin because God hates it. Of course the evangelists were appalled by the sentences. However even the general public knows enough to find fault with the Catholic Church for allowing priests to abuse boys homosexually. I don't think the punishment for that should be any less than for a man raping a little girl.

I think homosexual acts in public should be treated the same way that hookers are treated. Lock them up for a day to remind them that society views their behavior as wrong.

 

[tumbleweed41]

I think homosexual acts in public should be treated the same way that hookers are treated. Lock them up for a day to remind them that society views their behavior as wrong.

Would 'homosexual acts' include kissing? What about holding hands? Nuzzling on a park bench? Squeezing a lovers butt as they walk down the street together?

 

[Muffled]

Would 'homosexual acts' include kissing? What about holding hands? Nuzzling on a park bench? Squeezing a lovers butt as they walk down the street together?

There is a lot of room for grey areas these days. For instance hookers wear short skirts and revealing tops but then so do many women who are not hookers. The same thing goes for men kissing men. It is not necessarily an overtly sexual act and we entertain many from cultures where it is practiced as a form of friendship. Such acts are most often performed as greetings. Excessive fondling and kissing on a park bench goes beyond friendship or a greeting.

 

[tumbleweed41]

There is a lot of room for grey areas these days. For instance hookers wear short skirts and revealing tops but then so do many women who are not hookers. The same thing goes for men kissing men. It is not necessarily an overtly sexual act and we entertain many from cultures where it is practiced as a form of friendship. Such acts are most often performed as greetings. Excessive fondling and kissing on a park bench goes beyond friendship or a greeting.

Ah, so if my wife and are are making out on a park bench, we should be treated as 'hookers' and spend the night in jail? Or is it just the homosexuals that we should treat like hookers?

 

[Smoke]

You are about as funny as a three dollar bill.

**** you.

Christians don't hate sinners.

Actions speak louder than words.

 

[Duck]

Would 'homosexual acts' include kissing? What about holding hands? Nuzzling on a park bench? Squeezing a lovers butt as they walk down the street together?

My guess would be just existing. But then, I assume the worst of people that follow the abrahamic faiths. TBH, I was surprised that the couple referenced in the OP weren't executed as that is the real goal of the abrahamic religionists when it comes to those damn dirty homos, isn't it Muffled?

 

[Duck]

There is a lot of room for grey areas these days. For instance hookers wear short skirts and revealing tops but then so do many women who are not hookers. The same thing goes for men kissing men. It is not necessarily an overtly sexual act and we entertain many from cultures where it is practiced as a form of friendship. Such acts are most often performed as greetings. Excessive fondling and kissing on a park bench goes beyond friendship or a greeting.

'she wanted it, look how she dressed' I am guessing that rape victims are at fault, right? Perhaps we should enact biblical laws and execute rape victims for not screaming loud enough in towns, hmmm?

So, two men who give each other a kiss of greeting, something that early christians did, should be arrested? Did I read that right?

Does your outrage at 'excessive fondling on park benches' extend to heterosexual couples or is it limited to those dirty homos? I know that when I visited San Fransisco and walked around in the Castro district (you know the gay district? The one where the gay politician was assassinated by the christian guy?) I was more likely to see straight couples making out than gay couples. Perhaps one should concentrate one's ire upon the behavior of your own orientation since the gays are out numbered 10 to 1 or more by straights. Or perhaps you think that starting with the gays will be easier since there are fewer of us?

 

[Duck]

I wasn't really joking about the missionaries, I honestly do think there is a co-ordinated effort to try and encourage other countries to have a draconian attitudes to homosexuality in order for the pray the gay away people to have a little win, and also so that people can't say, things like ''even in ____insert country here___ gay people have equal rights'' they are making heroic efforts to make homophobia the norm globally, like modern day Johnny Appleseeds sowing ignorance wherever they can.

I think that it is ultimately more sinister than that. I think that the efforts are intended to tip the balance so that they can enact similar laws in the West. If everyone thinks this, then international pressure can be brought against those countries NOT being morally driven by bronze age shepherds.

 

[Rainbow Mage]

I think homosexual acts in public should be treated the same way that hookers are treated. Lock them up for a day to remind them that society views their behavior as wrong.

Excuse ME muffled, how would you like it if I locked you up a day to remind you that being a heterosexual is wrong?

 

[Rainbow Mage]

Actions speak louder than words.

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