It will take generations to weed out the anti-gay bigotry in what passes for Iraqi culture. Since this pseudo-country will probably collapse after we leave, that’s not enough time.

Perhaps in time, given a measure of stability, widely available education, and economic opportunity, the people of Iraq will get beyond enough of the evil manifestations of Islam to at least stop their persecution of gay people, starting with families accepting their gay children instead of being “shamed” by them.

In this cultural war where one of the controversial and most covered news are gays. Where the news are supposed to give more emphasis on these subjects… it annoys and sadens me that this will not be headline news. Instead, you see in bold, jesus-blood print, a ‘VERY’ important headline, “Less People Are Self-Proclaimed Christian”.

I truly beleive that when ppl are tortured and beaten on the basis of ‘ew gross’ or ‘God said so’, it does help to further the gay cause in any progressive country, like to me, is the US.