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November 28, 2005

Hey, It Could Be Stoning

Uh oh, let's hope that James Dobson and his Focus on the Family hatebots don't read this article or dear Dr. Dobby might start pimpin' some ideas to the White House:

Dubai - More than two dozen gay Arab men - arrested at what police called a mass homosexual wedding - could face government-ordered hormone treatments, five years in jail and a lashing, authorities said on Saturday.

It sounds insane (well, to most of us, I would hope), but when you read the Dubai authorities speaking of "deviant behavior" and "harm to society" with respect to homosexuals, they sound a lot like the anti-gay bigots in the United States (and, hey, I think they tend to be driven by their religion too).

(h/t Ann Althouse)

Update: Hey hey, how about that, six of one, half dozen of the other.

The Vatican newspaper said on Tuesday that homosexuality risked "destabilizing people and society", had no social or moral value and could never match the importance of the relationship between a man and a woman.

I suppose that's a step up from the old Church stance of it being "intrinsic evil." Progress!