(April 4, 2017 at 9:30 am)Isis Wrote: Religion, in this particular case Islam, definitely plays a part in anti-LGBT bigotry however it is important to remember that not every religious person is like that. You will always have assholes of every description and affiliation.
It wasn't my intention to bring up the religious side of things though. I'm just focusing on the human rights violations. The International community should pressure Russia (and their autonomous Republics) into reversing their discriminatory laws and practices.
Nobody is arguing that. But our entire species history globally mostly frowns on it. Even Japan as now only just gotten around to allowing civil unions in it's first prefecture last year. I don't think most Buddhists or even Hindus are accepting of it. Our recent acceptance as a species is mostly in the west, but even then, still not a majority accepted globally.
Our species does not understand evolution. Most humans see sex as solely for reproduction, more conservative and religious societies certainly do. Evolutionary biology proves that sexual behavior is not only for reproduction but also for social bonding and has a benefit even without creating a new life.
Islam still, while stuck in it's own dark ages far more than the rest of the world, even given that, still does not own a patent on human cruelty or bigotry. Even outside the issue of LGBT bigotry, even India and China still have a huge population that is sexist and places blame on the female if they get sexually assaulted. No, not saying everyone, but again, I am speaking in global terms of averages of attitudes.
Yes, absolutely the international community should put pressure on Russia to back off their bullshit anti LGBT laws, but we also need to do that with our right wing here in America. Again, "at least we don't throw them off rooftops" is watered down bigotry.
