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In Kazakhstan, Homophobes Build Wall Around Gay Nightclub
Washington Post ^ | May 16 | Ishaan Tharoor

Posted on 05/19/2014 4:23:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Gay rights activists march with a banner during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg May 1, 2014. Russians celebrate the coming of Spring and since communist times, Labour Day on the first day of May. The banner reads, These gay rights activists in St. Petersburg, like their peers in Central Asia, are fighting an uphill battle. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)

In Almaty, Kazakhstan's biggest city, dozens of antigay activists set about building a wall around a gay nightclub, reports Radio Free Europe. It's unclear whether the brick wall, set up as a protest against gay marriage, was designed to prevent people from entering or leaving, but according to RFE, the establishment's owner opted against notifying police.

Homosexuality has been decriminalized in Kazakhstan, a Muslim-majority country, but gay marriage is not recognized. The agit-prop around the gay nightclub comes at a dark moment: Earlier in the month, a lesbian woman who had engaged in Kazakhstan's first "public" gay wedding in 2013 was found brutally murdered, her body reportedly dismembered and burned , according to the BBC.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaynewsrooms; islamiclaw; kazakhstan; pinkjournalism; sharialaw
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1 posted on 05/19/2014 4:23:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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There’s already a wall around Obama


2 posted on 05/19/2014 4:25:20 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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Interesting the choice of words by The Compost:

The Good Guys/Girls/Transgenders, et al:

“Gay”

“Rights”

“Activists”

The Opposition:

“Homophobes”


3 posted on 05/19/2014 4:26:23 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Shame on Sam The Sham . . . Michael ScAM)
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4 posted on 05/19/2014 4:26:53 PM PDT by dfwgator
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I’m sure Barry has ordered development of a “homophobe”-seeking drone.


5 posted on 05/19/2014 4:27:11 PM PDT by clintonh8r (#Don't give up! The liberals are buggering and aborting themselves into extinction.)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t know why I’m laughing…”Homophobes” from WaPo plus that wall, plus the impossibility of gay and muslim activists finding a middle ground, plus, plus.

So, what comes next? Are there any gay muslims?


6 posted on 05/19/2014 4:29:09 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

“Gay”

“Rights”

“Activists”

Normalphobes


7 posted on 05/19/2014 4:31:13 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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Are there any gay muslims?

Obama

8 posted on 05/19/2014 4:36:42 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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I did a search for the Wall....but had to give up on finding an image of it due to the less than desirable search returns..


9 posted on 05/19/2014 4:37:07 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: nickcarraway

Gee, perhaps they aren’t all “phobes” after all.

Perhaps, just perhaps, some are revolted by fudge packing.

Yathink?


10 posted on 05/19/2014 4:39:19 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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I’m all for a gay homeland as long as its far away from me.


11 posted on 05/19/2014 4:40:55 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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Yes of course, how could I have posted anything so stupid? LMAO


12 posted on 05/19/2014 4:41:09 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Yup. The language used in the article is loaded with editorialization.

It only pretends to be news.


13 posted on 05/19/2014 4:44:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

Should have made it an electric fence.


14 posted on 05/19/2014 4:45:06 PM PDT by Viennacon
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IIRC, in the Koran, there is “rule” of punishment that “A wall is to fall on homosexuals”.


15 posted on 05/19/2014 4:56:38 PM PDT by Does so ("Miranda Warnings" and loss of "Common-Law Marriage" = 2 Big Mistakes...)
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In Kazachstan, people build wall around coprophiliacs to keep them confined to closets.


16 posted on 05/19/2014 4:57:52 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: dfwgator

“In Soviet U.S., gays build wall around YOU.”


17 posted on 05/19/2014 5:00:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Homophobes? People who fear the same?


18 posted on 05/19/2014 6:07:17 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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I knew it Borat have something do with it


19 posted on 05/19/2014 6:31:47 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: cripplecreek

OH honey that California San Francisco LOL!


20 posted on 05/19/2014 6:32:14 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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