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In reply to the discussion: No, Muslims Are Not More Violent Than People of Other Religions. Here Are the Facts to Prove It. [View all]snooper2
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"Furthermore, while Iran has very liberal laws with regards to transgender individuals, and in fact the government will help pay for such surgeries, these policies are actually used as another tool to destroy and persecute gays and lesbians in Iran. Thats because Iranian homosexuals are actually told and encouraged by religious clerics, and even their own families, that they must undergo sexual reassignment surgery for their own benefit because the reason they are attracted to members of the same sex is that the true gender of their soul is trapped in the wrong body. Many of these innocent gay men and women are forced to make these life changing decisions at relatively young ages. They then must live with the pain and emotional scars and confusion of life-altering surgery that had been brutally forced upon them.
If this is shocking and disconcerting, it should be. Yet do we ever hear about these human rights violations in the news or from our politicians or even President Obama? Do any of the gay lobby groups, or any other groups who claim to be so focused on human rights violations, bring up these injustices in a significant way that the average citizen of the United States could at least be aware that this is happening and voice their outrage as such stone-age barbarism?
Maybe its the fear that publicly speaking out about this topic could be construed as Islamophobic and is thus best swept under the rug. Or maybe it is the soft bigotry of low expectations that subconsciously accepts the idea that individual rights, freedoms, and the need for total equality is important for Americans but it really is not as important for Iranians.
There is actually a very good way of testing the true feelings and intentions of anyone who claims to care deeply about defending the rights and freedoms of a particular group or demographic. That test involves their attitude towards that group not just in the US but in the rest of the world."
http://observer.com/2015/05/how-iran-solved-its-gay-marriage-problem/