"Deviant Behavior"
That would be the behavior of officials in the barbarian regime of Dubai, where over two dozen gay Arab men could face "government-ordered hormone treatments, five years in jail, and a lashing":
The Interior Ministry said police raided a hotel chalet this month and arrested 22 men from the Emirates as they celebrated the wedding ceremony.The men are likely to be tried under Muslim law on charges related to adultery and prostitution, said Interior Ministry spokesman Issam Azouri.
Outward homosexual behavior is banned in the United Arab Emirates, and the wedding has alarmed leaders of the Muslim country as it grapples with an influx of Western culture.
Police acting on a tip raided the hotel and found a dozen men dressed as female brides and a dozen others in male Arab dress.
On Friday, a government official called on parents to be vigilant for "deviant" behavior.
The 26 men arrested have been questioned and were undergoing psychological evaluations Saturday. Azouri said the Interior Ministry's department of social support will try to direct the men away from homosexual behavior, using methods including male hormone injections.
Where's our government? Are we going to lean on this government to get them to treat human beings a little less like test animals to be medicated against their will? Or will this meet the same fate as family planning centers in Africa that provide un-fundamentalist Christian information and services? That would be: Turn the other cheek so far we pretend we can't see a thing.
Nothing discourages homosexual behavior more than a little extra testasterone and locking men up together. The government should throw in a few gladiator movies to boot.
eric at November 29, 2005 8:32 AM
HOw come sometimes I get a "Comment Submission Error"? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the politics of the content....
Crid at November 29, 2005 10:26 AM
You must be kidding! You'd expect those in power in the
U.S. government, those people who'd like to see a
constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage, to object?
How much has been done about how Arab countries treat
women as third-class citizens? That's a much more pervasive
and a much less controversial problem.
Ron at November 29, 2005 10:57 AM
At the risk of letting other people make my case for me:
Or...
Or, my favoirte:
This is my first posting, but I'm a frequent reader. Thanks for your excellent writing Amy; it's always informative and entertaining.
BCM at November 29, 2005 12:58 PM
"Outward homosexual behavior is banned in the United Arab Emirates, and the wedding has alarmed leaders of the Muslim country as it grapples with an influx of Western culture."
I don't know for certain, so I'm not sayin' this reporter thinks that homosexual behavior is a result of the influx of Western culture.
Ken Shultz at November 29, 2005 5:39 PM
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