Homosexuality is actually rampant in Muslim nations, usually of the Greek model (older men, younger men) or as a method of asserting power (upper class dominating lower class). Don’t have time to find a link, but I’m sure you can. It’s not seen because the punishment is severe, but it is actually all over the place, more so than here because that’s about the only outlet lower-class males have for their sexual urges.
yeah actually you have a point with the greeks. i had a landlord for 1 month who was this big obese married man who all of a sudden turned gay for me. worst month of my life, i almost did jailtime because of the final outcome of this pig. it also cemented (very biased) why the turks and greeks don’t get along. anyways it’s a month i don’t want to remember but he’s lucky he’s alive.
In turkey, i have to say it’s a very loose culture. We can drink in public, park wherever we want without a ticket, the police are the ones with redeye (i think they smoke the good weed) and people marry young here. people basically get married out of highschool and the divorce rate is low.
In 1999 i was here for another extended vacation and there was one gay man in a different town who was just sorta innocent/laughed at but left to his own. Honestly i have gaydar, you can sense it. but i also help people with cd’s etc and everyone reallly seems straight, into women, thats all. It actually gets on my nerves how horny these people are but they like their women. I’ve been here for a year and a half and haven’t noticed one.
So in a way, i see the point Iran’s president made. There’s a big contrast from this town and a bar in BC where i was whipping pennies at an over-flamboyant gay bartenders head.
I did a bit of research on my country and homosexuals and all i could find was this,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/914814.stm
Anyways, no matter what sexuality you are, i believe it should stay behind closed doors and not anybodys business. If one is going against the common grain, don’t close down my main roads for a freakin parade, thats just wrong. There’s obviously a chromosome gone wrong.
I debated this in high school and still can now. and it’s very simple. Take away modern science and artificial insemination and allthat.
if you put all ‘truly in love’ gay couples on an island, with everything. All food, water, drinks, etc etc. It would take one generation for them to die because they simple can’t reproduce.
Mosquitoes can.
That should say enough.
-hunter