Stop Baha'i Anti-Gay Discrimination

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-bahai-anti-gay-discrimination
All people of good will are invited to speak up:


For more information on the Baha'i writings on homosexuality and the situation in Uganda:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/sep/17/ugandangaysdemandfreedom

http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18814619&BRD=2729&PAG...

http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/31/article_7003.php

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_bah.htm

If you are LGBTQI and in crisis, please visit http://thetrevorproject.org/helpline.aspx

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[waiotahi52]

@sirjojo88 Devinefellowship/oneworldbore/­bookofflaws is not a Baha'i. He is however a racial bigot, a proven liar and I'll lay odds he does not like gays.

[sirjojo88]

How do you know who is a bahai here...? Im not, but I can say I am, I can say that Im a bahai, and bahais hate people. Its not proof...

[PeyBar]

@DivineFellowship Oh great a white European supremacist agreeing with the homophobic stance of the Bahai community. If that isn't proof enough that the Bahais are wrong on this issue, then I don't know what is.

[DivineFellowship]

People have to use their discrimination, or else they don't have minds. Homosexuality is mental illness, and a social disease. It's right for Baha'is to discourage it.

[PeyBar]

Just last month the Iranian regime executed 3 men for 'lawat' - sex between two men. Hmmm, what other religion considers lawat sex between two consenting same sex adults and punishes them for it? Yes, the Bahai Faith.  The degree of punishment is different, but the ostracizing and outcasting is all the same. In either case, stay in the closet (deep in the closet) and you will be ok. Otherwise face death or in the Bahai case have your rights removed.

[PeyBar]

@nickyaz111 And btw, how many Bahais have been killed in Iran since the Revolution? 200 or so? How many people for the crime of homosexuality? A few thousand for sure! Have you ever heard the Bahai administration EVER condemn those killings? They have spoken up about religious discrimination in Iran, but never in regards to LGBT people. Why? I'm not belittling the plight of the Bahais in Iran, trust me. But I do find it a bit hypocritical to not give a damn about LGBT people dying in Iran.

[PeyBar]

@nickyaz111 Unless the Bahai Faith is your home; stronger than your sense of country. Then essentially, yes you are in exile from your community, from your home because you have deiced to be true to yourself and love the person GOd intended for you. FOr this you are punished by the Bahais and told to go worship on your own. Yes, in my mind (a 5th generation Bahai) and many others, it is no different from Iran pressuring Bahais due to religion; only the type of punishment is the difference.

[PeyBar]

@nickyaz111 No actually I have family that has left and lives in the US; she goes back every year or so. But see, you are again missing the point, because you have hard time understanding the word "JUSTICE". No one should have their human rights taken away for the religion that they follow. The current Bahai community has created a community and wants to create a world where gay families are considered second class citizens. Until that changes, criticism will continue.