Muslim with balls of steel to open first French gay mosque!

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Do you support his right to free speech?

My daughter lived in Seattle and there is a Gay church there,She said it had a big Rainbow flag and a banner that said "Everyone is Welcome", I bet there's a few on the west coast.

When you get into the game of saying one religion is better than an other you're really going down the slippery slope of outright bigotry and ignorance. This isnt the first gay muslim to come out publically about his sexuality. Channel 4 made a documentary about sexual diversity in islam 6 years ago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Muslims

The problem isn't islam, the problem is that organised religion from across the board is inherently reactionary towards LGBT progress. One main reason islam has had a harder time maturing is cultural relativism. I somewhat suspect if America and the west acted on the onus to heal relations with the Islamic world muslims would stop railing against modernisation. If you can't acknowledge that and continue to act implicitly for sectarianism you may as well come out and say you hate muslims which makes you no better in principle than jihadists or hamas.

Thats neither here nor there in my view.

His asylum approval in the UK was transparent and shameless opportunist politiking on the part of Thatcher. Any other Iranian refugee would have been shown the door, except this guy wrote a book so they couldnt give him an entry visa fast enough.

That's not news! What do you think they are all prying for when they assume the position 5 times day?

The cops will protect him.

Like the Dutch cops protected Theo van Gogh and Pim Fortuyn, you mean?

Dear Thomas81, just Google 'Gay Church'....there's tons of them!
I think that the largest is the Metropolitan Church, I believe that they were the first church(es) formed ministering primarily to gays/lesbians.
They have always welcomed anyone wishing to attend or join, however, have never intended to be only for homosexuals.
Also, please Google 'Gay Synagogue'....they are in every major American city!

Sylkat

Is it affiliated with the Exodus project?

I recall years ago hearing of a gay church here in Spokane. As I haven't heard anything about it for some time, it may not have lasted (which would be a shame), or perhaps the novelty wore off, and the local news just stopped reporting on them.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

God bless this man's courage. Even if the fanatics of his religion take his life, he's taken a first step which I think others will have the bravery to follow.

Dear John_Browning, I am unfamiliar with the Exodus project, but the church I referred to is the Metropolitan Community Churches, MCC, and they are very much alive and kicking.
I encourage all who are interested to Google 'Metropolitan Community Church' instead of me talking about them, honestly, I feel that they are the ones who should explain or present themselves and their beliefs.
Point being that there are churches and synagogues that minister to primarily homosexual membership throughout America.
I do know that the Metropolitan Community church was founded in 1968. There may have been other churches before that which served primarily gays/lesbians, but I am not familiar with them.

Sylkat

Hopefully one day there will be no need for gay Mosques, because every Mosque will be able to cater for people of all sexualities.

Likewise all other religious buildings.

There is even a synagogue in NYC for homosexual Jews. Congregation B'nai Gay. Only one trouble. When the Purim festival comes around everyone wants to play Queen Esther. They have to import Lesbians to play King Achashveros and Haman.

ruveyn

Aspie that I am, I have to ask: are you being serious, or just making a joke?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

The synagog in New York that is friendly/welcoming to gays, has performed same-sex weddings since 2006, is B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan.
Google it, it has an interesting history, and a beautiful building that is on the Historical Register.

The other comments were a joke.

Sylkat