Posted on 01/03/2006 5:01:42 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
BADEN-WURTENBERG, Germany, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A German state is targeting potential Muslim immigrants with a test to determine their “loyalty” to German social policy on homosexuality, among other issues.
The southern state of Baden-Wurttemberg now requires all Muslims requesting citizenship to undergo an extensive test designed to reveal their views on such issues as gay rights, women’s equality, topless beaches, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 against the United States.
The test is designed to weed out those applicants who express views that go against Germany’s social policies. This is believed to be the first use of such testing worldwide, although the Netherlands is reportedly considering a similar move.
Homosexuals are given extensive recognition in German society, including rights of civil union that almost parallel rights of marriage.
The move to single out Muslim immigrants for special testing has been condemned by some Berlin officials as an encouragement to prejudice.
Brigitte Lösch, a leading member of the Green party in the Baden-Wurttemberg parliament, wants the exam to be dropped.
“This list of questions is only to be used for applicants from Islamic countries. It is an unbelievable form of discrimination,” she said. “If Germans were asked some of the questions, they would find it difficult to answer them.” (Telegraph.co.uk)
Germany has a Muslim population of over 3 million. Islam is the third largest religion in the country, after Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.
But it sux that they've now let them all know to go ahead and lie on the 'test'.
Very interesting...except some Christians and orthodox jews will have problems too.
I could let the homosexual thing slide, but if they're against topless beaches, keep them out! ;)
making lemonade out of lemons.. :)
I agree. I'm leaving off the "but" though.
How are they going to conduct this "test?" Will there be male camels involved?
Brokeback München.
I imagine they'll fall like grass before the lawnmower. It's a fight to the death between people who are tolerant of intolerance, and people who are intolerant of tolerance.
Ironically enough, Islam is specifically written to state that Christians are be allowed to live under Sharia. They can afford to lose to Islam, in the short term. Liberals can't. They'll either have to convert, or be put to the sword.
Maybe if they just let in the gay muslims.
Next thing they will be using it to exclude Christians and religious people in general which is probably the primary goal.
Yes they will lie. Next they will have to take the test with a lie detector.
I suppose that is more palatable than saying, "Because Muslims are terrorists!"
Hmmmmmmm wonder if Kerry, Gore, Schumer, Kennedy etc. will do live on-air demonstrations(BJS) to ensure that they are "pure of heart" so to speak? Whaaa Haaaa Haaaa haaa,, Doncha just love it when a plan coms together?
ROFLMAO!! Whatever works! :-)
I imagine that if the lefties actually get riled up they'll be as vicious and ruthless as the French radicals who threw up the barricades, stormed the Bastille, and manned the guillotines; or as the Bolsheviks who massacred 20 million plus to create their Soviet utopia..
I find it interesting that leftism is equated with just the granola pacifist types these days.
Didn't Germany once have a lot of SOCIALISTS of a NATIONAList variety?
Come look! LOL! A homo test!!
Oh yes, and I almost mentioned them too, but the Nazis were a more complex political animal by contemporary standards and the clearly leftist Soviets and Jacobins were no less ruthless in any event. Whereas the socialism was certainly leftist, the nationalism is more rightist, and it's unclear to me that a merger of the two would be plausible these days.
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