Discussing sexual freedom [Archives:2005/906/Letters to the Editor]
Clint Carruth
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I read with great disdain that three journalists in your country have been accused of a terrible crime… discussing homosexuality. Shame on you Yemen. You can have whatever laws you see fit in order to have complete mind control over your people, but the rest of us out here in the world are watching. And yes, even judging you. Yemen will remain a backwater of culture and justice as long as the people allow their government to impose its own set of moral standards. Nowhere in the Koran does it say to punish people for speaking their mind. Nor do I remember it calling for mere mortals to punish gay men and women. Only God can judge those who are different than the norm, not man and certainly not the government of Yemen.
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