Officially Muslim Countries Versus America...

[Boojatta]

Poll question: Officially Muslim Countries Versus America...

Which can distinguish between homosexual orientation and homosexual sexual behavior?

If an officially Muslim country cannot distinguish between homosexual orientation and homosexual sexual behavior then is it possible for a government of an officially Muslim country to punish people purely on the basis of homosexual orientation, just as it might punish people for homosexual sexual behavior?

[Hoof Hearted]

1. poll wouldn't let me vote. vote was "other" - which is to say,

What are you talking about?

[Boojatta]

2. Sorry about the voting problem. Maybe it'll work if you try again later.

I think that the poll is rather self-explanatory if you ignore the second question at the bottom (which is there simply to indicate some possible significance of an inability to distinguish between orientation and behavior.)

The reference to Huckabee shouldn't prevent you from voting for something other than "other." There are two choices depending on whether or not you think that he's relevant.

Huckabee is mentioned here:
http://thinkprogress.org/

The issue of slander is obligatory for people who are offended whenever Muslims are mentioned as being possibly no better than Americans. (Who knows? Some people actually believe that there are Americans who are Muslims.)

[chascarrillo]

3. You broke my brain

Thanks a lot.

[Boojatta]

4. I don't believe it.

Take a rest and soon you'll find that your brain is working fine.

[Boojatta]

14. How is your brain now? Better?

[Adsos Letter]

5. Give credit to Huckabee...

he knows what is best for you and me...and, so far at least, it doesn't involve frozen RR tracks to "containment centers" out in the boonies...not yet...

[Boojatta]

7. I give credit to Huckabee for using coded language that is

not on its surface objectionable. Whether or not people are actually objecting to the surface meaning is something that I frankly cannot figure out.

[Sal316]

6. Ummmm.....

[Boojatta]

8. Sorry, but it seems that the only options here are:

flamebait and confuse-a-cat. I choose confuse-a-cat.

[bemildred]

9. You are what you do. nt

[Boojatta]

10. Does that imply that the Pope is not heterosexual?

For example, might he instead be asexual?

[bemildred]

11. No, it implies that "orientation" can only be distinguished by behavior.

There is no real distinction between "orientation" and "behavior". If you don't do anything, nothing can be distinguished about you.

[Boojatta]

12. Are you suggesting that the Pope has neither a heterosexual

orientiation nor a homosexual orientation nor an asexual orientation, but simply has no orientation? How about a nun who always felt she was a man in a woman's body and eventually quit being a nun and got a complete sex change operation? How about people who are genetically male or genetically female, but are born sexually ambiguous and they are surgically assigned a hormonal gender that conflicts with their DNA gender?

[bemildred]

13. I don't care a fig about the Pope. Or Nuns either.

Let them do as they like. Let them define themselves without any input from me.

The original impetus was to explain my vote.