Not in Palestine — at least none who would admit it. Queers for Palestine may want to think twice before paying a visit.
Search
Popular Posts
Daily Archives
Category Cloud
2012 Americans scare me comedy conservatism conservative blowhards Conspiracy theories Democrats extremism Film fundamentalism gay issues Georgia GOP Iran journalism Links McCain Me Media Music nostalgia Obama Obnoxious celebrities parody Politics race Sarah Palin Scientology Sports Television the ATL The Clintons Weblogs
Etcetera
- ATLmalcontent (the original)
- Atlanta Blogs
- Atlanta Time Machine
- BuzzFeed
- Chamblee54
- Christian Nightmares
- Drifting through the Grift
- Indie Gay Forum
- King’s Things
- Life Magazine Photo Archive
- Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians
- Michael McDonald Daily
- Modern Ruins
- More Intelligent Life
- Mr. Mervin Dukes
- Pecanne Log
- Plaid Stallions
- Regator
- Return to Atlanta
- Stuff White People Like
- Texas Textbook
- Top Documentary Films
- Ugly House Photos
Idiotic statements like this, whether from the Right or the Left, just shows the need for more Americans to travel abroad. No matter where you go or what you think, you’re preconceived notions about the rest of the world will be disabused in some manner.
Hangings and imprisonment of gays in many parts of the Middle East aren’t preconceived notions — they’re fact.
Like all Islamic polities, the Palestinian Authority systematically harasses gay people. Under the cloak of rooting out Israeli “collaborators,” P.A. officials extort, imprison, and torture gays. But Palestinian oppression of homosexuality isn’t merely a matter of state policy, it’s one firmly rooted in Palestinian society, where hatred of gays surpasses even that of Jews. Last October, a gay Palestinian man with an Israeli lover petitioned Israel’s high court of justice for asylum, claiming that his family threatened to kill him if he did not “reform.” He’s one of the few lucky Palestinians to be able to challenge his plight.
I’m not posting this as some sort of blind “Israel is always right” neo-con — but there should be no confusion how gays are viewed by a vast majority in the Muslim world.
‘Hangings and imprisonment of gays in many parts of the Middle East aren’t preconceived notions — they’re fact.’
Yeah – I was agreeing with you. They need to have their eyes opened for them.
I was confused by the initial comment, too. I’m used to it meaning people are kinder than what we assume from afar. That’s the usual lesson, though I’ll grant it’s probably not universally true.
Okay, got ya. I was confused as well.