Talk About Torture…

This is medieval. This is something out of the 700s!

Brunei implements stoning to death under anti-LGBT laws
BBC News
By Yvette Tan
April 3, 2019

Brunei is introducing strict new Islamic laws that make anal sex and adultery offences punishable by stoning to death.

The new measures, that come into force on Wednesday, also cover a range of other crimes including punishment for theft by amputation.

The move has sparked international condemnation.

Brunei's gay community has expressed shock and fear at the "medieval punishments".

"You wake up and realise that your neighbours, your family or even that nice old lady that sells prawn fritters by the side of the road doesn't think you're human, or is okay with stoning," one Bruneian gay man, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC.

The sultan of the small South-East Asian nation on Wednesday called for "stronger" Islamic teachings.

"I want to see Islamic teachings in this country grow stronger," Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said in a public address, according to AFP news agency, without mentioning the strict new interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law.
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What is punishable under the changes to the penal code?
The law mostly applies to Muslims, including children who have reached puberty, though some aspects will apply to non-Muslims.

Under the new laws, individuals accused of certain acts will be convicted if they confess or if there were witnesses present.

• Offences such as rape, adultery, sodomy, robbery and insult or defamation of the Prophet Muhammad will carry the maximum penalty of death.
• Lesbian sex carries a different penalty of 40 strokes of the cane and/or a maximum of 10 years in jail
• The punishment for theft is amputation
• Those who "persuade, tell or encourage" Muslim children under the age of 18 "to accept the teachings of religions other than Islam" are liable to a fine or jail

Individuals who have not reached puberty but are convicted of certain offences may be instead subjected to whipping.

Boycott!

But these are way out of my price range but…

But Hollywood actor George Clooney and other celebrities have now called for a boycott of the luxury hotels. TV host Ellen DeGeneres also called for people to "rise up", saying "we need to do something now".

• Hotel Bel-Air (Los Angeles, USA)
• The Beverly Hills Hotel (Beverly Hills, USA)
• The Dorchester (London, UK)
• 45 Park Lane(London, UK)
• Coworth Park (Ascot, UK)
• Le Meurice (Paris, Fr)
• Hotel Plaza Athenee (Paris, Fr)
• Hotel Eden (Rome, Itl)
• Hotel Principe di Savoia (Milan, Itl)

Even through this is about gays I imagine that we are lumped together with the gays.

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I have a very busy day today!

It starts off with doing the presentation up at UConn in Storrs that I gave with Dallas at the True Colors conference. Someone liked it so much that they asked me to give it for their class.

Then an early dinner with a friend and that is followed by an interview on Gay Spirit Radio at the University of Hartford’s radio station WWUH at 91.3 FM on your radio dial at 8:00 PM.