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riqster

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8. Actually, people DO get jailed here for being gay.

Fri Aug 16, 2013, 10:44 AM

Aug 2013

http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/08/05/gay_people_are_still_being_arrested_for_having_consensual_sex_in_some_red.html?original_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

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While You’re Bashing Russia for its Homophobic Laws, Remember… [View all] riqster Aug 2013 OP

I posted a Happy Independence Day Thread here last week malaise Aug 2013 #1

I missed that thread and reply. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #2

Truthfully we are all ashamed about that malaise Aug 2013 #47

In Russia it is illegal to even talk about gay rights. nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #4

The worst of "our" assholes can't jail and fine people for the "crime" of being gay. MADem Aug 2013 #3

or just talking about gay rights. nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #5

Yep....no saying "My nephew married his partner" in the wrong crowd over there! nt MADem Aug 2013 #7

+1 obnoxiousdrunk Aug 2013 #6

Actually, people DO get jailed here for being gay. riqster Aug 2013 #8

They're gonna be rich, too, seeing how Louisiana denied 'em their constitutional rights. nt MADem Aug 2013 #14

Not many people get rich by suing the government riqster Aug 2013 #18

Yep, it will take years and years in America for LGBT to achieve 100% equality. America RKP5637 Aug 2013 #34

The right lawyer could get them a sweet payday. MADem Aug 2013 #45

Since you posted that Americans can't be arrested for being gay, riqster Aug 2013 #50

You're the one with the "errors" of fact, sorry to tell you. MADem Aug 2013 #56

Baton Rouge is one town among others. riqster Aug 2013 #59

Helloooooo? "Lawrence v. Texas" applies from sea to shining sea. MADem Aug 2013 #60

What is clear to me is that you are approaching this from a theoretical point of view riqster Aug 2013 #62

Now you're playing the "I have the moral high ground" finger wagging scold. MADem Aug 2013 #64

I made a point, and you disagreed in turn. riqster Aug 2013 #65

I didn't "argue against that point" -- see post 11 (which I wrote WAY before your post 65) MADem Aug 2013 #72

A friend of two mostly ex-DUers is rotting in prison KamaAina Aug 2013 #57

Not in the last ten years, anyway. Wilms Aug 2013 #9

Of course we're not saints from back in the day...but the big difference between us and them is that MADem Aug 2013 #11

I see how well the USA is "learning from their mistakes" ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #26

Everything sucks. America bad, Canada good. Whatever. MADem Aug 2013 #48

Trying to remember when us Canucks last invaded a defenseless country . . . ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #70

Oh, let's see....Iraq? Afghanistan? Canada even played the "Nudge, Wink" in Vietnam MADem Aug 2013 #71

You don't get it do you? - USA INITIATED those wars/invasions. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #73

No--YOU don't get it, plainly. MADem Aug 2013 #74

OK. We get a gold star... Wilms Aug 2013 #29

Way to miss the point, but you're determined to be negative, so ... whatever. nt MADem Aug 2013 #44

In KS, for one example, it is still a criminal act to be gay. They kept it on the books. As you RKP5637 Aug 2013 #35

There are laws on the books in Georgia that say you have to eat fried chicken with your hand. MADem Aug 2013 #58

Yes, fortunately they are superseded! I wonder what is going to happen now DOMA was RKP5637 Aug 2013 #61

I have a feeling that deny benefits business ain't gonna last. MADem Aug 2013 #63

Unless mockmonkey Aug 2013 #20

They'll pay for that mistake. nt MADem Aug 2013 #51

What YOU should remember is that the corner has been turned here, in the right direction. stevenleser Aug 2013 #10

The battle here is far from won. riqster Aug 2013 #12

Problem is nobody thinks we are perfect. great white snark Aug 2013 #22

Fair enough. riqster Aug 2013 #24

I haven't seen any such thing. MNBrewer Aug 2013 #39

Yes, but degree of suckage and trajectory matter. Compare where we are now to where we were stevenleser Aug 2013 #66

No argument to any of that. riqster Aug 2013 #67

By the OP's logic, the US was wrong to boycott apartheid South Africa because some Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #13

That is not what I said. riqster Aug 2013 #15

No, your use of the word 'bashing' to characterize criticism of these Russian laws Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #28

To the extent that you "extrapolated", I feel comfortable in my response to you. riqster Aug 2013 #31

Well said. n/t pampango Aug 2013 #78

By the way, you did not answer my question and you took a personal jab at me Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #32

I didn't answer your question because it was based on a bogus extrapolation. riqster Aug 2013 #36

Whatever Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #42

Here is the blog post in its entirety: riqster Aug 2013 #16

+1! ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #75

It's not "Bashing" to tell the truth n/t n2doc Aug 2013 #17

Actually, I rather like bashing with the truth. riqster Aug 2013 #21

I just equate "Bashing" as meaning "Unfair attack" n2doc Aug 2013 #25

No worries. I could have chosen a better word. riqster Aug 2013 #30

Bashing is a very loaded word, particularly in this context. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #38

If Russia had put Tien1985 Aug 2013 #19

To me, discrimination is discrimination. Always wrong. riqster Aug 2013 #23

^ this truebrit71 Aug 2013 #27

I appreciate that you Tien1985 Aug 2013 #33

Agreed completely. riqster Aug 2013 #37

I don't think that illustrating the degrees of difference between the two nations, in this context a LanternWaste Aug 2013 #40

Calling out the deltas is not the same as acting like we are done with the fight here. nt riqster Aug 2013 #41

I condemn Bigotry and homophobia anywhere LostOne4Ever Aug 2013 #43

+1,000,000 nt riqster Aug 2013 #46

When you put the force of the leftynyc Aug 2013 #49

Agreed. In Russia and in America. riqster Aug 2013 #52

I heard on the radio the other day... clarice Aug 2013 #53

That is a thing of beauty! nt riqster Aug 2013 #54

I laughed my ass off in the car when I heard that.... clarice Aug 2013 #55

Almost all countries in Africa and the Middle East have harsher anti-gay laws than Russia. former9thward Aug 2013 #68

Very true. riqster Aug 2013 #69

Homophobes in the US are being marginalized. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #76

They are being marginalized, and that is good. riqster Aug 2013 #77