I’m sorry, but what do people who move to the Middle East expect? I wasn’t allowed to wear my Saint Christopher Medal in Kuwait, a country where being Christian is legal. Do people really think they won’t enforce these laws?
And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, “Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?(80)Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.”(81)
Ok but this gay British dude (who needs HIV meds on top!) willingly moved to a country where he is automatically made a criminal for his sexuality. How lucrative must this job have been to take such a huge risk?
There’s a lot of gay men who don’t even consider that these laws will apply to them. It doesn’t help that a lot of people will say “oh those laws only apply to locals, they won’t enforce them on international people”.
A lot of newspapers do that in headlines. They don’t necessarily mean scare quotes.
Not defending it or implying he’s lying. Just that many newspapers — especially in England — do that a lot and it doesn’t necessarily carry connotations. It often means they have a direct quote. He probably was tortured and they more using it for emphasis rather than doubt.
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