Rasheed's World is run by a Saudi and is running a story about a Saudi diplomat stationed in Los Angeles who has applied for asylum in the US since the Saudi government cancelled his passport after learning he is gay. His request has been denied, and he is appealing. This is a disturbing story. It has been picked up by the Jerusalem Post and Frontpage Magazine.
http://www.rasheedsworld.com/wp/2011/11/gay-saudi-diplomat-denied-asylum-by-obama-administration/
It would certainly appear that this man is headed for an unhappy fate if he is forced to return to Saudi Arabia, a country which practices strict Islamic law. Under sharia, homosexuality is considered a capital offense. I wonder if the gay rights groups in the US are aware of this case. To now, they have pretty much turned a blind eye to Iran's treatment of gays (They hang them.)
Will the gay rights lobby take up this man's case and put pressure on the administration to grant asylum? Or will this be a case of Obama not wanting to offend the Saudis and the gay rights lobby not wanting to criticize Obama?
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Another "Present" vote by the Commander in Chief.
This world is full of hypocrisy, deceit and deception. The condition is getting worse. When I hear that a Saudi gay man is not allowed asylum in the U.S., by Obama (the great bowing President), he and Hillary are signing this man's death warrant in Saudi Arabia. Strict Sharia law demands that he be put to death. In addition, where are the ever so concerned gay and lesbian advocates, when this man deserves his rights to engage in his alternative life style. Hillary and Obama, who are so concerned about the cause for the OIC's demands regarding freedom from blasphemy, seem to have no interest in this man. Shame on them.
Squid
I love the way America's "conservative" class have taken up the cause of gay liberation, ever since realizing that the Saudis and Iranians are among the foremost suppressors of homosexuality.
(Disclosures: I fully support Lawrence v. Texas as a sound constitutional ruling, opposed the quaint notion that there is a constitutional right to a marriage license for any human relationship one happens to desire, but have no problem with the legislature of any state extending marriage licenses to same-sex couples if they think they can do that and get re-elected (i.e. a majority of the people are willing or indifferent). I have no idea what makes a man attractive -- I don't know why women put up with us.
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