November 28, 200520 yr Well why didn't we think of this before! November 27, 2005 -- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ? More than two dozen gay Arab men ? arrested at what police called a mass homosexual wedding ? could face government-ordered hormone treatments, five years in jail and a lashing, authorities said yesterday. The Interior Ministry said police raided a hotel chalet earlier this month and arrested 22 men from the Emirates as they celebrated the wedding ceremony, one of a string of recent group arrests of homosexuals here. The men are likely to be tried under Muslim law on charges related to adultery and prostitution, said Interior Ministry spokesman Issam Azouri. Outward homosexual behavior is banned in the United Arab Emirates, and the gay-group wedding has alarmed leaders of this once-isolated Muslim country as it grapples with a sweeping influx of Western residents and culture. The Arabian peninsula, nevertheless, has a long tradition of openly homosexual wedding singers and dancers. "Lately, people have been talking about [homosexuality], but it has been here for a long time," said Nadia Buhannad, a Dubai psychologist. "It becomes shocking only when it is your own son." Post Wire Services :plain
November 28, 200520 yr "We hate you because you're gay! Now pull down your pants and bend over and let me slap it with a whip!" :plain
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