2 young Iranian men hanged for having homosex

[jawnbc]

I am so thoroughly disturbed by this.

Thanks to adamantine1 for the heads up.

Comments

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

Do we have diplomatic relations with Iran? If so we should cut them off. Now.

[jawnbc]

Very restricted after the Kazemi affair: See here.

I'm gonna start emailing MPs and Pettigrew. here's a directory if you want to do the same. Pettigrew's Pettigrew.P@parl.gc.ca and Martin's Martin.P@parl.gc.ca and Layton's Layton.J@parl.gc.ca and Duceppe's Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca and even Harper's Harper.S@parl.gc.ca

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, positively inexcusable, ESPECIALLY in this day and age. Shit like this reminds me of how far we've yet to go ...

[bleedsdaylight.livejournal.com]

It's not that I'm shocked, it's not that I'm surprised, it's just... some things never ever stop such incredible agony...

Thanks for letting us know about this. I just fired an email off to the urgent action desk of the United Church of Canada. Sometimes I feel like my best way of being religious is just actively opposing the insanity of fundamentalism...

[perkk.livejournal.com]

This one put me off quite a bit too. I think I'm still affected. Gack.