From the U.K. Guardian: A sharia court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two gay men to public caning, further undermining the country’s moderate image after a Christian politician was imprisoned for blasphemy.
The court said the men, aged 20 and 23, would each be subjected to 85 lashes for having sexual relations.
One of the men cried as his sentence was read out and pleaded for leniency. The chief prosecutor, Gulmaini, who goes by one name, said they would be caned next week, before Ramadan starts on about 25 May.
The sentencing on Wednesday coincided with the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
The men were arrested in late March after neighbourhood vigilantes in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, broke into their rented room to catch them having sex.
Mobile phone footage that circulated online and formed part of the evidence shows one of the men naked and visibly distressed as he apparently calls for help on his phone. The second man is repeatedly pushed by another man who is preventing the couple from leaving the room.
The lead judge, Khairil Jamal, said the men were “legally and convincingly proven to have committed gay sex”. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/17/indonesian-court-sentences-two-gay-men-to-public-caning
Liberals think that there shouldn't be any extra vetting of extremist Muslims.
They also think that Islam is religion of peace and that we conservatives need to more tolerant toward muslims.
Since liberals think we should be tolerant of muslim extremism, then it stands to reason that liberals are accepting the punishment of whipping these gay gentlemen.
Those of us who think muslim extremism is horrible, we do think that this is a horrible crime and the U.S. needs to intervene on the victims behalf. Lord knows liberals and especially ex-president Obama, wouldn't try to intervene on these poor guys behalf.
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