ER Editor: As we can imagine, this action by the Iraqi government has raised hackles in certain quarters. As the RT article explains below, the majority Shia population (as opposed to Sunni) of Iraq have never been favorable toward homosexuality. Some twitter reaction that isn’t woke and outraged —
Irony alert: Iraq is criminalizing homosexuality, subjecting same-sex couples to up to 15 yrs in prison. Under Saddam, homosexuality was legal, but the “democracy” installed by the U.S. is in fact a fundamentalist Islamic republic that rejects Western values
— Jejune the Destroyer (@of_lyon68642) April 28, 2024
Islam, the religion that the left wants to prop up. It’s interesting to note that homosexuality has a sentence of at least 15 years, but trans people get 1-3 years. Yet, these are the most persecuted people in the world… I mean wealthy, western society… https://t.co/8VyngFQk8T
— Chris ✡️🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (@midwesthomo77) April 29, 2024
The law adopted on Saturday aims to protect Iraqi society from moral depravity and the calls for homosexuality that have overtaken the worldhttps://t.co/vYx4MDZIlK
— Jack Straw (@JackStr42679640) April 28, 2024
US needs to mind their business. If the people of Iraq don’t want prostitution and homosexuality in their country, it’s their right. It’s against their religion and US needs to respect other cultures & their belief system!
— Bren Christa (@BrenChrista) April 28, 2024
The US State Department slammed a law passed by Iraq’s parliament on Saturday criminalizing same-sex relationships as a threat to human rights and freedoms.https://t.co/6x2Ami9GtX
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) April 28, 2024
If, in your religion and belief, you allow your wife to practice vice and prostitution and your son to practice homosexuality, this is your private matter, but you are not allowed at all to speak in the affairs of other countries, such as Iraq, an Islamic country, with a…
— 𝔻𝕣.𝔸𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕗i (@shockforce3113) April 28, 2024
It really does make us wonder if Western madness – literal madness – over pushing LGBTQ and the transgender issue down everybody’s throat, including children(!), hasn’t in some way contributed to this state of affairs in Iraq.
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Iraq bans homosexuality
A previous ban on same-sex relations was abolished by the US occupation in 2003
RT
Iraq’s parliament has passed a law banning same-sex relations and transgenderism. The measure was condemned by the US and UK, but the speaker of the parliament described it as “a necessary step to protect the value structure of society.”
The amended Law on Combating Prostitution and Homosexuality passed the legislature on Saturday. According to a copy of the law seen by Reuters, it mandates prison sentences of 10-15 years for anyone engaging in homosexual relations, seven years for anyone who promotes homosexuality or prostitution, and between one and three years for anyone who changes their “biological gender” or dresses in an effeminate manner.
Acting Iraqi parliamentary speaker Mohsen Al-Mandalawi said in a statement that passing the law was “a necessary step to protect the value structure of society” and to “protect our children from calls for moral depravity and homosexuality.”
Iraq’s 1969 penal code did not explicitly criminalize homosexuality, but offered no protections from extrajudicial harassment to gays and lesbians. An update to the law in the 1980s legalized the ‘honor killing’ of homosexuals by their family members, while a 1993 amendment to the constitution introduced the death penalty for homosexual acts.
After the US invaded Iraq in 2003, occupation governor Paul Brenner abolished the death penalty and rolled the penal code back to its 1969 iteration.
Western media outlets reported an uptick in attacks on homosexuals by police and militias after the partial withdrawal of American troops in 2012, despite the US State Department claiming in 2019 that it had trained Iraqi security forces “on the proper observance of human rights.”
The US is “deeply concerned” by Saturday’s vote, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a press release. “This amendment threatens those most at risk in Iraqi society and weakens Iraq’s ability to diversify its economy and attract foreign investment,” Miller added.
In a social media post, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron called the law “dangerous and worrying,” and said that “no one should be targeted for who they are.”
No matter its legal status, homosexuality has always been a taboo among Iraq’s conservative Shia majority. LGBTQ culture is seen by some Iraqis as a hostile Western ideology, and rainbow-colored ‘Pride’ flags are sometimes burned alongside the flags of Western nations at Iraqi protests.
Source
Featured image source: https://twitter.com/EvengelosG/status/1784881465026572687 — AFP / Murtaja Lateef
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