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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
It will never cease to amaze me that people in the LGBTQ community will stand by Palestine. That is so counter intuitive to have any compassion towards a group who voted in a government who would behead them and parade their severed skull through the streets.
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Do you realize that the State of Palestine (through Jordan) legalized homosexuality in 1951, a full 18 years before Canada did? Do you realize that Israel didn't legalize homosexuality until 1988? Have you talked to gay people before? Do you think they can walk around everywhere in Western Society without getting brains bashed in by homophobes? How many proud gays do you think exist in rural Alberta, Saskatchewan or Montana? Is violence and vandalism in the West against gays indicative of some sort of "wickedness" in our society?
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...m-disturbances
Or do you think that we are allowed to only paint Arabs as barbaric and evil when incidents like these happen in their lands? White people are different right?
Do you also know that The Ottoman Empire was one of the first countries to legalize homosexuality. In 1858. Palestine, as a part of the Ottoman Empire didn't criminalize homosexuality until they came under Brittish rule. As indicated above, it was legalized pretty soon after they left, by Arabs, by Muslims, without having to be coaxed by self righteous Westerners like yourself. Brittain seemed to have followed their lead a couple decades after.
Do you also know that the current Finance Minister of Israel is a proud fascist and a homophobe?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotri...rd-is-my-word/
Either way, this is a distraction. What is going on in Palestine isn't a gay rights issue.