[Dog Gone]

You know, the sexual orientation of hostages has never been an issue before. Leave it to the gay community to make sure it's an issue from now on.

[stm]

Egg-zactly. The next thing you know, they will be saying he was kidnapped becasuse he was a peter puffer.

[sarasmom]

Well, just in the interest of full disclosure...
I think "all" peace activists traveling in islamic war zone areas should be required to state their race, nationality, religion, political affiliation, sexual preference etc, so we can all monitor any possibly dangerous and bigotted trends against them.

[Utah Girl]

From an article posted on comcast:

During his four months of captivity, James Loney's sexuality was kept out of the media at the request of his family, said Doug Pritchard, co-director of the aid group Christian Peacemaker Teams.

"It's a sad fact that around the world gays and lesbians are more vulnerable to attack than straights," Pritchard said. "When Jim was already in a vulnerable position we didn't, nor did his family, want him exposed to further danger." Hostage's Homosexuality Was Kept Quiet

It's always about them. They suffer more than anyone else because of their sexual orientation. Gee, I wonder if they can charge their captors with a hate crime? Perhaps the Iraqis can put that in their constition too.