Gay Teen Stoned in Somalia

According to Somali Gay Community, the young man, Mohamed Ali Baashi ,18, was buried in a hole up to his chest and then pelted with rocks by members of the Al Qaeda link group Al Shabaab on Friday, March 15, in Barawe, about 50 miles from the capital, Mogadishu.

Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2013/03/somalia.html#ixzz2O6bKs9nE

There are pictures, so beware. This is the fruit of religion for gay people - I should say, patriarchal, monotheism. This is especially true for Islam, but Christianity has also a long history of the persecution and oppression of gay people (and all this originated in Judaism, remember). If it weren't for Enlightenment ideals and a long struggle against the superstitions and ignorance inherent in these diseases religions, I and people like me would be meeting the same fate as the poor man in Somalia. As recently as the 1970's gays were imprisoned, tortured with electric shock therapy and chemical castration, and fired and shunned because of this religion. Fuck them!