In the Same Boat.

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Apparently, both Christians and gays are being targeted for death by Iraqi terrorists. But I don't expect much state-side mutual empathy to come of it.

More. Are things worse now for gays? Winnipeg Sun columnist Charles Adler opines, "Homosexuality in Saddam Hussein's Iraq was punishable by death.... Had the the Peacemakers succeeded in keeping Saddam Hussein in power, a homosexual in Iraq would have zero hope for having an openly gay life.... the threat to gays wasn't coming from Western Imperialism."

2 Comments for “In the Same Boat.”

  1. posted by Ed Brown on

    It would seem that homosexuality is still a capital crime in Iraq either by “honor killings” or the death marches from the Badr Corp.

  2. posted by Ed Brown on

    “the threat to gays wasn’t coming from Western Imperialism”.

    Agreed! However, it would seem that the ‘Western Imperialists’ have little desire to push for any freedom that might offend Islamic morality; i.e. Iraqi women or gays.

    About the only political party in Iraq that might entertain such freedoms is the Workers Communist Party of Iraq and the Iraqi Women’s Rights group.

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