Comments on: Georgian LGBT group raided http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/26/18829 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/26/18829/comment-page-1#comment-58142 Timothy Kincaid Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:04:28 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=18829#comment-58142 Sol Invictus, You aren't making sense. I didn't suggest that the police raid was due to Christianity, but rather that the church and the society are unlikely - due to Orthodox religious views - to feel sympathy for the gay community. Sol Invictus,

You aren’t making sense. I didn’t suggest that the police raid was due to Christianity, but rather that the church and the society are unlikely – due to Orthodox religious views – to feel sympathy for the gay community.

]]> By: Désirée http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/26/18829/comment-page-1#comment-58101 Désirée Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:22:13 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=18829#comment-58101 "There were no gay people"? I can guarentee you there were gay people during that time just as there were left handed people. Outlawing homosexuality doesn't make homosexuals stop existing. “There were no gay people”? I can guarentee you there were gay people during that time just as there were left handed people. Outlawing homosexuality doesn’t make homosexuals stop existing.

]]> By: Sol Invictus http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/26/18829/comment-page-1#comment-58098 Sol Invictus Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:06:37 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=18829#comment-58098 The article is a disservice to readers in many ways. Georgia is in part Christian, but has a strong Muslim population. Georgia borders Turkey and two other predominantly Muslim countries. The raid could easily have been from any number of factions, some religious, some not, even para military or civil. Here we go again, suggesting one possibility without articulating the others as also very real explanations. One has to remember Georgia was the birthplace of Stalin, there were no gay people during the Soviet Union control of Georgia for 70 or so years. Has all of that been forgotten? It is only due to Christian tolerance that has returned to Georgia after 7 decades of forced atheism that gays are accepted. The article is a disservice to readers in many ways. Georgia is in part Christian, but has a strong Muslim population. Georgia borders Turkey and two other predominantly Muslim countries.

The raid could easily have been from any number of factions, some religious, some not, even para military or civil.

Here we go again, suggesting one possibility without articulating the others as also very real explanations.

One has to remember Georgia was the birthplace of Stalin, there were no gay people during the Soviet Union control of Georgia for 70 or so years. Has all of that been forgotten?

It is only due to Christian tolerance that has returned to Georgia after 7 decades of forced atheism that gays are accepted.

]]> By: Lynn David http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/26/18829/comment-page-1#comment-58089 Lynn David Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:57:08 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=18829#comment-58089 Thuggery. Seems to be a common practice in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet republics. Thuggery. Seems to be a common practice in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet republics.

]]> By: Tom in Lazybrook http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/26/18829/comment-page-1#comment-58072 Tom in Lazybrook Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:11:04 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=18829#comment-58072 Seeing as we give 3 Billion dollars a year to Georgia as American taxpayers, we should be able to do something to help them on that. Seeing as we give 3 Billion dollars a year to Georgia as American taxpayers, we should be able to do something to help them on that.

]]> By: David C. http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/26/18829/comment-page-1#comment-58068 David C. Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:27:18 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=18829#comment-58068 My guess is this is not an official police action, and is actually illegal, though local authorities may have just looked the other way. Nevertheless, it will take a lot more courage to stand up to this kind of action, and I hope the Inclusive Foundation does. My guess is this is not an official police action, and is actually illegal, though local authorities may have just looked the other way. Nevertheless, it will take a lot more courage to stand up to this kind of action, and I hope the Inclusive Foundation does.

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