http://www.republicoft.com/2007/05/21/beating-killing-for-god/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:01 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/05/21/beating-killing-for-god/comment-page-1/#comment-186891 The point of torture is always torture at homo superior blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:57:38 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/05/21/beating-killing-for-god/#comment-186891 [...] Photograph of a gay Iranian tortured by the morality police. [...] [...] Photograph of a gay Iranian tortured by the morality police. [...]

]]> http://www.republicoft.com/2007/05/21/beating-killing-for-god/comment-page-1/#comment-110680 One Utah » Blog Archive » When One Person is Not Free, None of Us Are Free Mon, 21 May 2007 17:05:44 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/05/21/beating-killing-for-god/#comment-110680 [...] As Terrance at republicoft says: There is an irony here, that a war supposedly intended to establish democracy in Iraq — one intensely and belligerently supported by American fundamentalists (at least some of whom have openly proclaimed a holy war and declared that only “spreading the message of Jesus Christ” will stabilize Iraq — has instead created a chaotic vacuum in which a kind of guerilla theocracy thrives. Unsurprisingly, it’s a reality that spells trouble for gay, lesbian and transgendered Iraqis in the same way it would for LGBT Americans if the same happened here. And in Iraq, there’s a warning worth heeding: nonconforming heterosexuals are in as much danger as queers. [...] [...] As Terrance at republicoft says: There is an irony here, that a war supposedly intended to establish democracy in Iraq — one intensely and belligerently supported by American fundamentalists (at least some of whom have openly proclaimed a holy war and declared that only “spreading the message of Jesus Christ” will stabilize Iraq — has instead created a chaotic vacuum in which a kind of guerilla theocracy thrives. Unsurprisingly, it’s a reality that spells trouble for gay, lesbian and transgendered Iraqis in the same way it would for LGBT Americans if the same happened here. And in Iraq, there’s a warning worth heeding: nonconforming heterosexuals are in as much danger as queers. [...]

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