Re: *** Is Sharia Law (as practiced in Saudi Arabia) bigoted toward gays and lesbians
Lets take the most volatile: sex.
As a homosexual, is my lifestyle outlawed in Saudi Arabia ... or accepted.
The answer is outlawed. Saudi Arabia *EXECUTES* homosexuals. I've seen the videos. They are graphic. Extremely graphic.
And $25,000,000 of the money for the GZ Mosque is coming from Saudi Arabia.
Sharia Law defines homosexuality as a deep rooted perversion.
If that is true (and it is), how does a liberal progressive support the errection of a mosque that will be teaching blatant homophobism?
If you enjoy reading the Koran, not only you should have a look at the Bible, but you should also read books such as the "penitence book" by Burchard of Worms (1010)
"Did you mate with a women "doggy-style"? If yes: 10 days of penitence, with a water & bread diet"
"Did you fornicate like the sodomites, introducing your stick inside the behind of a male? If it you are married, 10 years of penitence; if it is with your brother, 15 years"
"Did you commit sodomy on cows, sheeps, or any other animal? If you don't have a spouse to appease your lust, you will fast during 40 days; if you have a spouse, you will fast 10 years"
"Did you drink the sperm of your husband, so that he likes you more thanks to your evil behavior? If yes, 7 years of penitence"
"Did you introduce a living fish inside of your genitals, until he died, then cooked it for your husband so that he likes you more? If yes, you will fast 2 years"
I also love the "Saxon Laws" decided by Charlemagne in 785:
"Whoever burnt a church, will be put to death"
"Whoever refused to feast during the Lent, will be put to death"
"Whoever, according to a pagan rite, burnt a dead, will be put to death"
"Any Saxon who has hidden and refused the Christian baptism, will be put to death"
Now I'm not saying that the Shariah is OK, I think it should be forgotten, just like what the bible says. You can find horrors in every old text, so I find it a bit stupid to try and apply them in 2010, as if society had not totally changed.