Irony of ironies: if you don’t have just the right position on gay marriage, or have been seen to stand in the same room on occasion with those who don’t have just the right position on gay marriage, gay activists are liable to stab you in the back — even those who appear to have some inkling of the magnitude of the jihad threat. They would rather destroy allies on false pretenses and flimsy guilt-by-association smears rather than stand with them against the real threat, which should be obvious from stories like this one.
“Saudi Arabia: Police arrest ‘homosexuals’ at party,” from AKI, June 17 (thanks to C. Cantoni):
Riyadh, 17 June (AKI) – Saudi Arabian police are reported to have arrested 71 foreigners accused of homosexuality in the capital Riyadh. According to a report in the Arab daily, al-Quds al-Arabi, police raided a party in the al-Manar district of the capital and arrested the group.
Several residents are reported to have notified police about people who were doing things that did “not conform” with Islamic sharia law.
When police arrived they reportedly found people wearing “indecent” clothes and conducting themselves in an “indecent” manner.
Seventy Filipinos and one Yemeni were arrested by police.
A few weeks ago police arrested 55 young men accused of homosexuality at a party at a farm in the Sihat area.
Homosexuality and cross-dressing are widely seen as immoral acts and are treated as serious crimes.
While the kingdom has faced criticism from human rights organisations, it insists that it always acts in accordance with Sunni Islamic law.
Indeed.