Death penalty for falling in love

I realise some of you won't readily accept gay and lesbian people in society. I suspect you will tolerate us but only as freaks and deviants.

Its not easy when your in a minority in society. But spare a thought for "the queer foke" in Islamic countries.
I was talking to a lebanese male my age and we were getting on quite well when he read one of my poems and immediately signed off.

I didn't understand at the time but have read about places like Iran who hang and decapitate anyone caught in a same sex relationship. (One source quoted 4000 since the 1970s). What a price to follow your heart. If I thought I'd struggle with depression in the western world it must be a nightmare in those countries.

Would appricate any comments from Muslims on the subject.
Elise

Yep. It's sad, it really is.

What hurts the most is the hatred built up over generations that is brain washed into people who can't think for themselves. (radical/extremist)Christians and Muslims and other religions alike they are all taught beliefs of one sort or another.

Well I am of Islamic faith and I do understand where you are coming from. Homosexuality is completely against my beliefs but I don't judge or criticise those people who choose that way of life. It is more a cultural thing than a religioius, specifically Islamic religious thing. All the semetic religions strongly disapprove of homosexuality, however in predominantly Islamic countries and cultures religion plays a larger influencial part on both society and its laws...

Eibutsina , thankyou for posting I don;t want to sound anti Islamic. It just scares me that someone who hasn't meet or know me in any way could condemn me in such a way.

(makes mental note not to take girlfriends to Iran)

Its like anyone places judgement Elisha based on there beliefs of there parents and cultures when raised. These are anti-homosexuality beliefs are bred early on...its sad but its true.
I am not saying it is not right, what I am saying is it is not right for me. I respect that others have homosexual relationships and there rights to live in freedom and happiness with there partner of choice.
Please dont think its only people of Islamic faith that frown upon this so much. Its more a cultural than a religious thing as ALL the semetic religions including Judaism and Christianity frown down upon homosexual relationships, actually they forbid them.
Just do what it is in life that makes you happy, that you believe is right for you. Noone can take that away from you my friend :o)

Definetly noone can take happiness away from you. But peoples actions and words can be so hurtfull. I've lived in a beautiful gay neighborhood and alot of my friends at that time were gay or who's parent/s were gay and we went to a catholic school and everyone was welcome to church and other social functions regardless. Yet i've just moved to a part of Korea with alot of American residence who have said in conversation that two people of the same sex kissing actually disgust them. makes them want to puke. i found this a little strange as i had never been confronted with that sort of opinion before. Though these people really had no basis for their opinions. their religion wasn't even strongly against it. it was just some sort of silly prejudice.I find it hard to understand why people are against this sexuality so much.

but their are people like that everywere and thankfully we don't all have the same beliefs or the world woud be a very boring place. our beliefs are what makes us individual.

Thankyou all its just nice to see people are people where ever they are. And love is love to nobody going to tell me I shouldn't get butterflys in my stomach or feel that its anything else but right for me.