Re: Islam and homosexuality...
I would like to know where this thread is going... let me ask behavioural questions rather than philosophical ones:
Semi: Please let me know what is it you would like muslims to do based on how you think being gay is treated in muslim circles. Let's forget about why no "gay" prophets are mentioned in the Quran.
Psyah/USR: Do you recognize the right to exist as a gay couple if they do not "advertise" their "gayness"? Please let me know if a gay couple keeps their "gayness" to themselves (i.e do not commit leudness and do not invite to leudness) how would you treat this couple in terms of day-to-day business and living. Following is the scenario:
- The gay couple is your immediate neighbour
- The gay couple or one of them is your client/boss/subordinate/contractor/suppliar
- The gay couple or one of them is your immediate/close/distant relative
That above scenarios are not in the Wild-West but in an "islamic" state by your reckoning.
PS: People have gotten HIV and HCV through blood transfusion and by using drugs among other things so let's not blame these "SDTs" as being transmitted by being gay.
I would give them their due rights as humans and muslims (this includes advice to abstain from this act). However I sense you want to know whether I would regard their act as a crime or not?