Religious persecution in Great Britain

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Asher
Again, this is religious. It's also not the west.

As I have since clarified: I'm talking about the western world, the context of this thread as luck would have it.

Then your comment was meaningless. Let's look at it again: "Why do you think things like the Matthew Shepard incident only happen in regions dominated by Christianity?"

If we're only talking about the Western world, then it's all dominated by Christianity, and your statement is trivially true. Have a cookie.

[Dr Strangelove]

Let's see, was it last year or the year before that the People's Republic of China enacted a series of laws against homosexuality?

IIRC the Amnesty International website has a section featuring the legal status of homosexuality in a variety of countries. I think you'll find that a couple of muslim countries punish homosexuality with the death penalty and a number of others provide jail sentences. http://www.amnestyusa.org/LGBT_Human...&n2=36&n3=1040

Interesting. Homosexuality is illegal in the less modern muslim countries, but also in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal, countries which are neither Christian nor Muslim. While technically legal in atheist China some homosexual have been persecuted to such an extent that they were forced to seek asylum in other countries. They're also banned from some jobs, like teaching.

[Provost Harrison]

Because this isn't Lahore in Pakistan. This is Dagenham in London

Given the choice, I think I'd take Lahore, quite frankly

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Thue


TIme for some bible quoting. Deuteronomy chapter 13, verse 6-10 (http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/B...uteronomy.html)

Jesus specifically stated that his teachings were here to replace the old rabbinical laws; the old testament was included in the Bible mainly as background information. This is why Christians aren't bound by such old testament instructions as being forbidden to eat pork.

To compare the Koran specifically states that all Muslims who convert to other religions must be given a chance to convert back but if they refuse they must be killed. Huge difference.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
If any attempt is made to do anything about this there will be squeals of "Islamophobia!! ZOMA WE are being persecuted".

Such crying of wolf is not a valid reason for the state to ignore murders or threats of murders. The state must enforce the law, especially laws as serious as murder, and the guilty must be punished as severely as possible to discourage other such acts of barbarism.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Oerdin
The state must enforce the law, especially laws as serious as murder, and the guilty must be punished as severely as possible to discourage other such acts of barbarism.

Yes, this is what's required.

[David Floyd]

"Honor killings" should = automatic death penalty, with no possibility of a lesser charge. To me, these are more heinous than random drive-by shootings. It's premeditated murder, usually involving multiple family members, which means that various other charges such as conspiracy to commit felony should be tacked on as well.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by David Floyd
....various other charges such as conspiracy to commit felony should be tacked on as well.

So, you're planning on doing something more than just kill them?

[David Floyd]

I meant for the family members who don't actually pull the trigger

[Dr Strangelove]

How about a good old fashioned lynch mob? Torch the whole community just like in the good ol' days. That'll send a message that they all can understand. I mean after all, they killed a Christian didn't they? Someone needs to set some boundaries had they not? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Better now than never. How true, how true.

[David Floyd]

[BeBMan]

[Dinner]

Another German who didn't get sarcasm.

[BeBMan]

DF is German too?

[Dinner]

We expect DF to not get sarcasm. We have made him an honorary German.