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In Africa, Cape Verde decriminlized homosexuality.
In Asia, Fiji decriminalized.
In the Americas, Nicaragua decriminalized homosexuality, as did Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Cayman Islands.
This list is 7 years old from 2003. Heres an updated one.
Countries where homosexuality is illegal:
(F) Denotes countries where its legal for females.
AFRICAN COUNTRIES:
ALGERIA
ANGOLA
BOTSWANA
BURUNDI
EGYPT
LIBYA
MOROCCO
SUDAN
TUNISIA
NAMIBIA
GAMBIA
GUINEA
MAURITANIA
SENEGAL
TOGO
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
COMOROS
DJIBOUTI
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
MOZAMBIQUE
SOMALIA
UGANDA
TANZANIA
LIBERIA
SIERRA LEONE(F)
LESOTHO(F)
SWAZILAND(F)
GHANA(F)
NIGERIA(F)
KENYA(F)
MALAWI(F)
MAURITIUS(F)
SEYCHELLES(F)
ZIMBABWE(F)
ZAMBIA(F)
CARRIBEAN ISLANDS:
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
BARBADOS
DOMINICA
ST VINCENT & GRENADINES
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
GRANADA(F)
JAMAICA(F)
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS(F)
SAINT LUCIA(F)
MIDDLE EAST:
KUWAIT
LEBANON
OMAN
QATAR
SAUDI ARABIAI
SYRIA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATE
IRAN
YEMEN
BAHRAIN
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES(GAZA) (F)
ASIA/PACIFIC:
AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
MALDIVES
PAKISTAN
SRI LANKA
PAPAU NEW GUINEA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
BRUNEI
BURMA
MALAYSIA
WESTERN SAMOA
UZBEKISTAN
KIRIBATI(F)
NAURU(F)
PALAU(F)
COOK ISLANDS(F)
TONGA(F)
TURKMENISTAN(F)
TUVALU(F)
SINGAPORE(F)
SOUTH AMERICA:
GUYANA(F)
CENTRAL AMERICA:
BELIZE(F)
Countries from original list that have since legalised homosexuality:
India (2009),Fiji (2010), Laos (year unknown),Nepal (2007),Cayman Islands (2000),Nicaragua (2008),Puerto Rico (2003),Tokelau (2007)
I didn't know that homosexuality was still illegal in all these places. It's really sad that these Governments dictate who their people can fall in love with or be attracted to - as if we can control those things! But the fact that Obama was voted into office in the US really gives me hope that Civil Rights in general are still improving...maybe one day, love in all its forms will be embraced by the law :(
I agree that it’s outrageous for so many countries to still class homosexuality as a crime, but let’s not hope that one day “love in all forms is embraced by the law” I would never want paedophilia to be legal!
Let's be clear here we are talking about CONSENTING adults NOT little children!!! So to compare homosexuality to pedophilia is stupid!!!!
There is a HUGE difference between being raped and/or molested as a child than a relationship between consenting adults........
Pedophilia is a ugly crime against an unwilling innocent little child.
I have family members and friends who have been assaulted, raped and molested here in the USA while they were children growing up!!! Committed by their fathers, uncles, brothers, cousins, friends, neighbors, teachers and friends. Remember, it's people you usually know who have regular access to your children!!!
It is a sad and devastating pain they live with their ENTIRE lives.
So, don't ever think homosexuality and pedophilia are even close to being what you fear may happen and called it 'love in all forms'.........
People should be free to love and be loved, to live without fear of being hurt, put in jail or killed.
Human Rights we all deserve them - the Right to Vote, the Right to Free Speech, the Right to Assemble, Freedom of Religion, Freedom to listen to Music, the Right to an Education, the Right to be Equal (women in some other countries are considered less than animals) and this list goes on and on.
Look at the BIG picture here in the world......
you can bet that legalized pedophilia is next on the list for the campaigners, Nambla ( the north american man-boy love association) is already campaigning for the age of consent to be abolished as children and even babies are considered fair game for those who wish to "love" them
Uh, just a little off topic but, in your fourth paragraph, you said friends twice. Again, sorry but I am OCD about that.
Paedophillia is not love it is a crime of power , it has nothing to do with love
Love is not raping small children man...how could you compare that to homosexuality. you may have meant not to but that still wasn't very well thought out.
oh give me abreak, homosexuality is only a sexual prefference. That's all, it's not a religion and people are not born gay, it's their choice, they choose to be gay. Anyway it's their country if they want to make a huge sin like homosexuality illegal then who are we to judge? there's too many gays around anyway. Some of them are so disgusting in their behavior and then they wonder why there's gay bashing and we all know most of them want straight men anyway and that's what pisses most people off. I say they all deserve what they get in these countries, I hope they will all be found and made to pay. What's next, people who want to marry animals and have sex with them? that's where we're headed in this extremely un-Christian society. I for one am not afraid to admit I am grossed out by gays, if more people were honest they would admit being disgusted as well.
There are some supposed scientific studies supporting that they might be born that way; however, that not withstanding they still make a choice! They could refrain, and remain celibate, from this sinful and perverse lifestyle. They only get so much coverage because they make so much noise. The orthodox Christians of our country need to be much more vocal in our opposition!!!
The problem is that you 'Orthadox Christians' are too vocal! Just shut up and stop trying to ram your fairytales down everybody's throat that is different to you. You are a member of a secular community that worships the same one 'true' god as all the other secular communities that fall under the one heading of christianity! Between the orthadox and the Catholics and every other of the multiple branches of 'God' worshippers, you still haven't managed to figure out consistent interpretations of the bible!
You like to be ignorant, its safe for you because you have not the capacity to think for yourself, to trust yourselves. You're scared which is why you need to hide yourself behind an anonymous tag, and write obnoxious and hateful intentions about people you know nothing about. I despise you, and all who are like you, because live is for living and loving, not hating until you die!
I totally agree with all of the people that are making "non-religious" comments. However, I would like to know if any of you have ever taken a spelling class? If you are going to make a logical argument, please make sure you at least spell check so that you do not sound uneducated.
You know, I cannot understand for the life of me why people all over the internet write comments like the one you did. I once read a comment by someone that was also irritated by comments like your's and he reffered to people who write them as grammar nazis. That sounds about right to me, and that is exactly what you are, a grammar nazi. May I ask, what is it you get out of criticizing people about something so insignificant? Does it make you feel smart? I really hate that you have to put other people down like that in order to make you feel better about yourself. That may not be your motive for doing that, but I can't think of any other reason why you would want to speak that way toward someone you don't even know. If you're just wanting to help people to have better spelling skills, then there is definetely a more pleasant and constructive way of doing that. What you said was offensive. I've always been a rather good speller and even won a few spelling bees when I was in grammar school, but when I read someone's comment on the internet, unless it's so bad that it seems like it is someone who usually speaks another language, I don't even pay any attention to the spelling. You know why I don't? It's because as long as I can understand what a person is saying, I don't care how it is spelled. You know why I don't care? It's because it doesn't for real matter, and because bad spelling doesn't hurt anyone. It may hurt the person who can't spell too great if he or she is trying to get into college or get a job, but other than that it doesn't affect anyone. I also totally disagree with your remark saying that people should use spell check if they are going to make a logical argument. Tell me, what does making an argument that makes sense and is convincing have to do with spelling? I agree that if you couldn't read what someone was saying because their spelling was just that terrible, it wouldn't make sense. But I can't remember one time ever coming across a comment that consisted of spelling that was just that bad. There is absolutely no point in criticizing someone over something like that. People like you act like how someone spells determines what kind of person they are. My Dad needs my help spelling all the time because he isn't much of a speller, but he is a great man. And I'm not just saying that because he is my Dad, but because he really is and I have found very little fault in him my entire life. He also fought for this country and is very wise and very capable of making a "logical" argument. Some people may not have gotten a great education, but that doesn't mean they aren't wise. Are you going to tell me that someone who cannot spell cannot compose a well spoken argument or say something that makes sense or something that is compelling? If you think that then you are the one who needs to check yourself. Spelling has nothing to do with how convincing someone is, nor with how much truth there is to what they are saying. I say these things to you hoping that you may change you're attitude for the benefit of others as well as you're own. If you want to be beneficial to others when it comes to how they spell, then politely just let them know that they made a few grammar errors and that you just wanted to make a helpful suggestion to use a spell check. You could even offer to tell them where and how they can do that. But unless their spelling is just super terrible then I wouldn't say anything to them. I really hope I am helping you to see a better and more peaceful way. Just think about all the people who fought to bring liberty to our great nation and to establish a society that would consist of great advantages and opportunities for themselves and for many future generations. Many of those men who fought didn't have any education at all, and many of them gave their life in order for others to enjoy liberty and to have better opportunities. Are you going to say that none of those men were capable of making a logical argument? If you can say that then you must be deaf because I hear the echo of their argument every day, and I reap the benefits of their logic. You do as well. Please realize that the kind of education we have here in America is a great luxury. There are many places in the world where all it takes to be considered smart is to be capable of reading and writing. When you make a statement like the one you did, you are insulting many people all over the world and it does nothing to help anyone. And you also may damage a persons self confidence. Please consider what I am saying. Take care and may God bless you with more wisdom and temperance.
We're not in a place where to be considered smart all you need to be able to do is read and write. Nor are we on a website where your father necessarily has anything to do with it. People should pay more attention to spelling and grammar, and if they did we could have much more productive discussions online and in-person. One of the biggest problems in education is the lack of focus on spelling and grammar, which leads to poor reading and writing. I agree it could have been said nicer by that person, but I'm more offended by the lack of importance you place on crucial elements of our language.
you hate christians? from what you wrote you obviously know nothing about them.
Yes, I could remain celibate. I could live my life alone without ever experiencing love or intimacy. I could live my life without dignity, constantly ashamed of sexual desires I could never fully suppress. Or I could allow myself to experience love and sex, share my life with another person, and maybe raise some kids who otherwise would have starved on the streets of Russia or been kicked around from foster home to foster home. I could think of myself as a human being who deserves a full life just like everybody else, and expect others to treat me as such. If you were me, which option would you choose? Which option do you think would be more pleasing to your God? If your God wants me to pick the first option, your God is an asshole.
First off you say that this is unchristian behavior. We do not outlaw divorce and remarriage, which is sin. This constitues adultery. Jesus said this in all the gospels. We do not outlaw using the lords name in vain. Which includes comments like "Oh my God". We don't outlaw any of the sins that Christ actually speaks on. So why then do you think its okay to outlaw something the Jesus himself didn't even speak about directly in the gospels. Just like the abortion / death penalty. Most conservatives say that life is sacred so we cannot kill the unborn, but capital punishment is alright. It is just picking and choosing what parts of scripture you want. I think that argument is rediculous. You said that homosexuality is a huge sin. I don't see sin rated as a little sin and a big sin in scripture. I am sure to know these levels because like every evangelical conservative you either are God or he speaks to you personally. God loves everyone. I don't believe people choose to be gay. People tell me that God would not make people that way because it would be as if God made a mistake. So God makes people and they choose it. I know that people who get a hard time from people like you, some of them struggle with depression, I had a friend who committed suicide. I am sure that he picked homosexuality. He wanted to be treated like crap by ignorant people like yourself. Read what the 2 greatest commandments are I think that "love" is in both and "judgement in niether. Thank you and God Bless.
If anyone disgusts me its you are your sick discrimination. How you can compare homosexuality to having sex with animals is completely beyond me. A homosexual relationship is between two concenting individuals just as any heterosexual relationship is. "I say they all deserve what they get in these countries".... some of these countries have the death penalty, how is that a christian world? Get with it.
How is it Christian? Well for starters homosexuality is not natural. If it is than why aren't there only men or only women in the world?
That's a stupid argument. If you really want a scientific explanation for why God chooses some people to be gay, then go with population control. Personally, I think it's a test from God, and not just for homosexuals because I am perfectly proud of the man that I am and what I have accomplished and define neither by my sexuality. It is a test for all mankind to love as they wish to be loved. God is the only one fit to judge a man's morality, and God knew what He was doing when He made me. He wants me to love and be happy, and your ignorance will never change that. So until God tells me Himself that I'm committing a sin for being the man He made me, I'll be perfectly happy to go on being me without struggling with any choices about it because this is how I was born. I suppose the rest of you hateful people believe in total eugenics, right? Maybe these countries should kill any child born that is different in any way, from having a heart murmur to a cleft pallette? It hurts my heart to see God's name thrown around with such hate. At least I can take solace in knowing that it's not my so-called criminal acts of trying to love and have a family that will bring God disappointment or bring about His wrath; it's your terrible imagined self-importance as you sit in judgment of men and women you don't even know combined with the hate and ignorance that inspires it. So I'll keep working to change things in those countries, and in this one, too, because we all have a long way to go. And if your God is as mean and hateful as you, then I'll stick with mine and thank you to stay out of my bedroom.
To be fair though if a member of your family was homosexual your views would be completely different. you say gays chose to be gay but what kind of person choses a life full of hate and social isolation ? Also i think you will find that if you actually did some research into this kind of thing that having sex with animals is only illegal because of the simple fact that an animal cant give consent so dont even start trying to play that card. the fact that all these countries make homosexuality illegal is a disgrace, we are all humans and we are all responsible for eachother in a way the sooner they realise that the better. The fact your grossed out by gays makes me laugh , if you dont like them then dont look at them ? simple narrow minded idiots like yourself need to wake up , do some research and grow up ! this is the 21st century !
It does not matter if this is the 21st century or the 1st, it is completely against the Bible. Every Bible I have read, Catholic, Jehovah Witness, King James, NIV all speak against homosexuality and call it an abomination!! It is not born in them, it is a choice; just as doing drugs or drinking is a choice. The fact that the people of this world have CHOSEN to view homosexuality as an alternate lifestyle does not make it ok in God's eyes. I do not and will never wish harm on a gay person any more than I do on the person who chooses to be lazy, it is their life and they are the ones that must stand before God and be judged. But I do not wish to live in Sodom or Gomorrah either by not say anything against it, because not speaking against it makes me just as guilty as the ones committing the act. I am here on this Earth to be about my Father and Savior's work and my time is short in which to do it so I will make as much noise as I can. I judge you not but I do want you to be aware that this sin hurts you, your family and God. It is your choice and if facing hell is ok with you knowing God is against homosexuality then so be it, but please know a gay man or lesbian woman CAN have a change of heart, turn from that LIFESTYLE CHOICE and serve God just as an alcoholic can become sober and dry. If God came to America today would He find 100,000 righteous or would He have to destroy us with Fire and Brimstone?
Most people don't even believe in "God". Thus tell me how your insane, ranting comment is at all relevant?
I am a straight, atheist woman, having sex out of wedlock. I support gay marriage 100%. Do these two factors mean that I am going straight to "Hell".
Please evolve.
God believes in everyone whether they believe in them or not.
you state you are an atheist... meaning you don't believe in God... so you probably don't believe in Hell right?
Just remember one day EVERY knee shall bow EVERY tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Jesus said that basically my job is to love my neighbor (everyone) as I love myself.
and love the Lord my God with all my heart soul mind and body. Basically to be an example of God's love for them to all people. No exception. Jesus came to show us how to love and respect each other. To spread God's truth not our own. As someone stated before God is the only one who can judge anyone. Government gives the right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion etc. People want to be able to announce to the world their sexual preference but please don't talk about your spirtual beliefs!! Give me a break.
I am a straight, Jesus follower. I don't support gay marriage, I do however support human rights. Sure if being gay , lesbien transgender or bisexual is going to legal in north america and they choose to live together then the same government who said it's legal should give them legal right to what any couple who are married or live common law should have. What about those sisters or brothers (and I do mean 'genetic") or straight roommates who have lived together for a long time. Shouldn't they get the same rights homosexuals are asking for?
Needless to say judge not lest you be judged.. tell me seriously what's wrong with speaking the truth (God's word) to people. Following Christ is a choice and it's a lifestyle. It's a choice daily to deny my fleshly desires and let God work in and for and through me so others may see the love God has for all His children. He must become more.. I (and my ego) need to become less so we may let Him do what he needs to do.
You believe what you want tho... see ya on the other side.
Acually, most people do believe in God. In the U.S. 85 to 95 percent of the population believes in God, the 10 percent diffrence depends on were you classify Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic believers. Atheist make up approximately 1.6 percent of the U.S. population.
World wide 80 to 90 percent of the population believe in God, the 10 percent diffrence depends on were you classify Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic believers. Atheist make up approximately 5.5 percent of the World population.
As far as your question, 85 to 95 percent of the World population would say yes you are going to "hell".
Please evolve.
Seeing as God didn't write any Version of the Bible but you seem to have His personal message and belief system figured out, do you think He'd mind if you gave me His phone number? It's not that I don't believe you, but since you seem to have His message so clearly and accurately, I would like to hear it straight from Him. I figure if I just give Him a call, I could straighten this whole mess out and you seem like the kind of person that has the direct connection I need to do that. Until then, please remember what ultimately brought down Sodom and Gomorrah. You can credit us gays for a lot of things, but I insist you reread your Bibles before you saddle us with that.
Oh dear! Homosexuallity is not only a sexual preference you know. People ARE born gay in the same way that people are born straight and yes, like heterosexuals they COULD choose to be celibate but again like heterosexuals, why should they? Fortunately today with the free availability of information people are discovering first hand that much of what they were taught by so called religious authorities was just not true. We are are learning increasingly to think for ourselves, free from the dogmatic rantings and ravings of others. If some religious people want to condemn and hate, let them, that's their choice. It wouldn't be mine and I suspect it's not the choice of most people. Fortunately the rest of us can hapapily ignore them and continue to exercise tolerance and acceptance of others. It's not neccesary or desireable for everyone to think or behave the same. Most people encountering something that doesn't interest them simply turn away and look to something else, but to jump up and down becasue of what other people are doing amongst themselves... Is that really adult behaviour ? I agree that there are times when gay people can become a bit exccessive but then so can non gay people. You speak about some gay men wanting to get together with straight men. Well, just a cursory glance of some gay "dating websites" will show just how many "straight / bisexual men with girlfriends wives and families" are desperate to get it on with gay men. It really does work both ways. If you are so grossed out by gays the answer is so easy, just don't have to have sex with them... Sorted : )
The person who posted the above comment lacks obvious logic. As a straight guy i fully feel that i was born straight. i wasn't socialized to be attracted to women, it just came naturally. i didn't choose to be attracted to women. i can't see why anyone would choose to be gay? why would anyone want to choose to have a life of oppression, be a target, ostracized and subject to hate. nobody chooses this. i wouldn't choose to be very poor, wouldn't choose to be illiterate, nor would i choose to have a physical disability.
i guess trying to argue with people who have blind faith in a book of fiction written 1000's of years ago is expected. i think maybe you should read a superman comic book instead of the bible. clark kent came from another planet and had to hide his identity too. seems like you can learn more from superman than the bible.
First of, it is scientifically proven that being gay is not a choice and cannot be changed. Whilst it is not proven whether you are born gay or if it comes from your background, it is almost certain that you are born gay. I am not gay myself, but you bigots disgust me. How do you "all know they want straight men"? And surely you can see the distinction between two men or two women getting married, and people marrying animals. People wonder why there is gay bashing, because most people find it hard to comprehend that some people could be so filled with unjustifiable hate. What harm have gays ever done to you ? And I would be cautious about voicing your opinions in civilised societies, as in several countries talk like that is illegal, and viewed the same as racism.
You have no clue, sorry being gay was not a choice , like what should I wear today??? Being gay is who the person is and what GOD has designed...I was born and raised in a very religious home and grew up with the whole religious trend, and what I have learnt in my life is that GOD is loving and compassionate. There are alot of religious people out there at are gay and are afraid to come out because of what they have been told and what they see in the religious actions towards gay individuals. I know alot of straight people that preform in church and in town , but go on line and they are there , church going men are the worse for being 2 face , they preach against gay lifestyle and yet they are the first to want to be with a man in secret...... I am gay , spent 1/2 of my life being what the church says I needed to be,,, now I am living my life the way I feel is good for me and yes I still have a faith and go to church...I spent my whole teens and 20's and 30's praying and fasting that if being gay was wrong that GOD would change me and well... I am now living a gay life and am happier now then I have ever been and believe it or not am closer to my faith now then I ever have been.
I beleive that the christian society needs to start looking in there own homes , you might have a gay family member living close by , then what , you will not have anything to do with them ...VERY CHRIST LIKE, WOULDNT YOU SAY.... Feel sorry for you then , you are the person that is loosing the point of the cross...And I am not affraid to give my name ....David . V. Cook Chilliwack BC
You are right, David V.Cook, August 20, 2010. God is loving and Compassionate, but he definately did not design you to be gay. Those were not His intentions. He loves you for who you are, yes, but that does not mean that he is ok with who you have become. You make him sad when he looks at you and this is how you act. He is not ok with it. Just because you did not see a physical change in your life, doesn't mean that He is not trying to change you. God works in mysterious ways, not obvious ones. I believe that you love God, and I know that He loves you, but think about it, if you have been a Christian for your whole life, do you really think that from what you learned, God is ok with you being gay? If you have read the Bible and believe it, how can you think that being gay is ok? It is an abomination in God's eyes. And those are not my words, they're His. You especially cannot pick-and choose what you want to believe from the Bible. If you don't believe what it says about gay's, then you can't believe anything else it sayd either. And just because Christians don't agree with gay's or gay marriage, doesn't mean we aren't acting like Christians. We are trying to bring people to the cross and swing them out from the way they are acting. We are actually doing a very Christian thing by talking to you people on here. We are trying to push you to the cross. We are helping the Holy Spirit by acting as if He were here on earth. We are trying to be Holy Spirits here on earth that you can see and touch so that maybe it will be easier for people to believe. Just remember, God loves you dearly, and grants you salvation. Try to remember how he intended for us to be, not how we feel like we should be.
god does not exist, put that in your pipe and smoke it!!!!!
You call yourself a Christian but just have a listen to yourself.
No joke! They GROSS me out as well! I love everyone like people but I would never want my children growing up in this kind of immorality and it saddens me to see what has become of our nation. The only reason why America was so blessed for years was because it was a Christian nation to begin with. It had the right morals and the right views.... There has been no ancient civilization to survive after their morals go down the drain... So if we people of America dont turn back to God sooner or later this country will fall down. We are like a tree with good roots, but as soon as we reject that blessings by turning away from God, our country will fall and we can see it starting to crumble already.
"That's all, it's not a religion and people are not born gay, it's their choice, they choose to be gay."
People are born gay, they are NOT born Christian
They don't have a choice - Christians DO
They don't chose to be gay - Christians choose to be Christians
And Christianity is responsible for far more human suffering on this planet than gay people. GW Bush's Christian God supposidly told him to Invade Iraq which led to the subsequent deaths of over a million people and the murder or ethnic cleansing of the 400,000 Christians in that country - but hey I guess mass murder is ok so long as it's not connected to homosexuality.
How does it feel being a hypocritical uneducated hater?
homosexuality is not a choice, why would someone pick to be bullied in schools? to be slagged off by people like you? why would people risk their lives in these countries for something that is just a choice and they could just as easily change it back?
answer me this,
At what age did you deside you were a heterosexual? (as it is a choice)
If it is a choice then why couldnt you choose to be a homosexual?
you admit is grosses you out, but if its just a simple choice then why? or is it that you are not intelligent enough to understand? (surely as its optional to be gay it should be reletively easy to understand why people pick it as a life style, something must make it worth it. people wouldnt pick to be stabbed in the leg, so why would they pick something like this that is so dangerous in these countries? if it is indeed up to them)
you said who are we to judge if they want to keep it illegal, i say,who are they to judge people for who they fall in love with? people shouldnt be answering to their government, their government should be answering to their people!
i presume you have a "type"? some people like dark hair some people like blonde, some like fat some like skinny, so why, if it is a choice indeed, do people have a type? surely just anyone will do? you can pick to be attracted to anyone if that is the case? your mum or dad perhaps?
i think i have made it perfectly clear that it is not a choice as it would not make sense if it was. however if you require firther convincing then please reply, ill give you my email or you could pick up a book and look into the psychological, sociological and biological aspects of a persons life that can account for homosexuality :) X
I am appauled at your words!..I am a gay 51 yr old woman.I am Also A christian..I have a strong belief in God and his son Jesus. This is exactly why we need to educate Homophobics like yourself. Do yourself a favor before you put down homosexuals next time..Read up on Homosexuality 1st ,so you Know what your talking about next time,k.
I would be really worried if "love in all its forms" were to be accepted around the globe. My brother has just discovered that a close family friend has been grooming his four year old daughter for his nefarious purposes. He has been charged and claims that he has a "love: for children. What about those other sick individuals that think its alright to have sex with animals? They also claim a love for their pets but it isn't love, it is a twisted desire and they can't control their urges. Maybe one day, we will learn to control our desires and keep those fantasies in check and not act upon those urges. This goes for homosexuals as well. It's one thing to think about dcing something, it's another thing entirely to act up on it. If Obama wants America to thrive then he must cut out the disease and cancer that is the gay lifestyle and help these poor people realise the error of their ways.
Thank God there are still some sane countries out there!....I especially like the country where homosexuality gives the death penalty!!!!
Indeed it is very sad that there are many countries which criminalize same-sex relationship. While the world has to much proprolems to deal with, States spend so much of their time and resources in making the life of people difficult. Let us hope that people will open their eyes and see each others humanity.
lets really think about this. these countries listed here are very religious and many of their laws are based upon their religious beliefs, morals, values, culture, norms, etc. Human beings are meant to procreate. that is just the essence of our being. man and man cannot reproduce. woman and woman cannot reproduce. How is it right that 2 men or 2 women are involved intimately? it can't be right.
who says all humans are supposed to procreate? The world is already overpopulated, how about doing a few other worthwile things too! We could start by making it a better place for our children. More love and understanding, and less hate for starters has got to be a good thing!
Of course nature never intended that ALL humans have to procreate, one of the many reasons is overpopulation, I believe in the powers of nature, who are we to question those powers? Homosexuality is nature's way of birth control.
Religion !? is a dangerous man-made ideal - has blinded us so much that we don't seem to realize that religion itself IS the devil in disguise. Where does so much hatred against humanity stems from?...you've guessed it - RELIGION !!!
Correct: religion is man-made. Christianity is from God. My position is that we should love all our neighbors but also that we should hate all sins. And you will say that they were born that way. To which I will say that so are babies with downs syndrome or cleft palates, but neither or they of God's doing but of the sinful nature of mankind from the time that Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit!
We love and try to help the babies, so why should we not them.
well exuse me, but i am religious, and i think christanity is ok with it, but i not sure
Well said, i completely agree! The descrimination going on in the world is horrible, especially against homosexuals. there is nothing wrong with them! they are just like any other person in the world.
sure, to you, it may seem that it cannot be right. But really, what is right? What is wrong? There is nothing to say that homosexuality is not right. People should be able to choose who they are atrracted to, without having to worry about being discriminated against because of law or religion. Saying that 2 men or 2 women cannot be together is like saying that you cannot put 2 pieces of the same kind of bread on a sandwich. Sure, people may think that that is the right thing to do, but that does not mean that it is ACTUALLY right. Does it really matter that 2 men cannot reproduce? with the amount of people being born into the world, i dont think it will matter that much. Plus, with the amount of people being affected by poverty throughout the world, and the racism and violence, i dont think homosexuality is the biggest problem here. Why cant we just let people be?
It does not matter, people are people it is unacceptable to excute or eliminate someone due to their sexual prefrence. Religion should not be allowed to control anyone.
As a Christian with orthodox views let me say first, that I don't condone there laws. It is my belief that what these people do is sinful and perverse. They are welcome at my church as are all the sinful (we all are) . I as a heterosexual male have been attracted to many women and even loved some but refrained from sexual interludes with them, though my sinful being longed for them and even that was a part of our sinful nature. None the less it would have compounded sin upon sin and been quite hurtful to my wife and family. Even if they are born that way, they have a decision to make - to engage or to refrain!