Would you support a government that list homosexuality as a crime?

Question

Then go live in iran.

Answer 1

But isn't that exactly what fundamentalist Christians would like to do? Pot, kettle.

Answer 2

Or in the USA.

From the earliest times in the United States, sodomy (variously defined) was prohibited in the United States, although some historians feel that early sodomy laws were mainly used to address issues of non-consensual behavior, or public behavior. 18th and 19th Century judges often editorialized about the act of sodomy as they handed down their rulings. "That most detestable sin," the "horrid act," "the horrible crime," "that which is unfit to be named among Christians" characterized some of the colorful language used by British and American jurists when punishing sodomites. Indeed, emphasis is usually on the notion that the act of anal intercourse is so abominable and offensive "to God almighty" that the term Sodomy (literally, that which occurred in Sodom) is the only appropriate way of designating the activity. In other words, it was understood that when reference was made to "an unspeakable act" having occurred, it was clear that the act in question was none other than anal intercourse. Some say, however, that the "Sin of Sodom" accurately referred not to anal sex but rather to the agglomeration of ALL the unholy activities said to have occurred in Sodom and that it is thus inaccurate to imply a one-to-one relationship. Historians also note that not until the 1970s did sodomy laws concern homosexual acts exclusively.
In the 1950s, all states had some form of law criminalizing sodomy, and in 1986 the United States Supreme Court ruled that nothing in the United States Constitution bars a state from prohibiting sodomy. However, state legislators and state courts had started to repeal or overturn their sodomy laws, beginning with Illinois in 1961, and thus in 2003, only 10 states had laws prohibiting all sodomy, with penalties ranging from 1 to 15 years imprisonment. Additionally, four other states had laws that specifically prohibited same-sex sodomy. That year the United States Supreme Court reversed its 1986 Bowers v. Hardwick ruling and in Lawrence v. Texas, invalidated these laws as being an unconstitutional invasion of privacy, and violating the equal protection clause. See Sodomy law.
However, Lawrence v. Texas has not changed the Uniform Code of Military Justice Article that bans all servicemen and women from engaging in “sodomy”. The United States Armed Forces Code defines the offense thus:
"Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense. "

Answer 3

I wouldn't support such a government. I don't think I'd support any government that decided it could tell people how to love or control their bodies. But then again, I'm one of those crazy weirdos who believes in equality, tolerance, and rational thought.

Answer 4

Absolutely.
And in fact, banning same-sex marriage is akin to making homosexuality a crime.
Most countries are moving away from the dark ages. The US seems to be heading backwards at breakneck speed.

Answer 5

The US supports many Islamic countries.

Answer 6

Never. I WOULD move if it was a crime. And I'm not even gay.

Sad that people are so hateful in the world, isn't it?

Answer 7

Never. People who would are quite un-American, as they are attempting to force their religious views onto others. Bigotry, thy name is Christianity.

Answer 8

I dont think it is the goverment as much as the so called religious exteremist.

Answer 9

No...
Homosexuality is not a crime.

Answer 10

Yes.