Gay sex party raided

[bbzh]

Boy if this ever happens in Berlin, tourism would take a big hit. 

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/22/asia/jakarta-sex-party-lgbt/index.html

 

[tallslenderguy]

 

"Meanwhile the Indonesian Constitutional Court is currently hearing a petition by a conservative group to recommend changing the country's criminal code to make homosexual sex illegal.

"LGBT rights is going hand in hand with women's rights, it is going hand in hand with religious freedoms for minorities, they are all in slow decline in Indonesia," Harsono said.

"At the same time, sadly, we are seeing the rise of Islamic fundamentalism ... in Indonesia""."

 

That is a quote from the report. It wasn't that long ago that 'Christian' fundamentalism was trying to pass similar laws in the US. I was arrested in Virginia in 1998 for asking an undercover officer if he wanted to fuck me. A common practice of law enforcement was to assign undercover vice officers in cruising areas and they would pretend to be gay in hopes of entrapping a guy looking for sex. I was charged with a felony and they were using a 100 year old law. It took a year to come to trial, hired a very expensive lawyer. The day of the trial, the arresting officer found me in a lobby and actually apologized for arresting me.  The attorney general in VA at that time was a right wing evangelical and had told the attorneys under his control to prosecute to the full extent of the law, so they were out for blood. The judge essentially laughed at the prosecuting attorney and asked my lawyer "what do you want to do?" Unfortunately, my lawyer was kind of past his prime and he replied: " i dunno judge, what do you suggest?" The judge said: "how about we reduce to indecent exposure" (a misdemeanor). I was so scared and relieved at not having a felony, that I went for it. This was before I was out. If that had happened only a few years later, I would have gone to the press. Anyway, there was absolutely no "exposure,"  the arresting officer and I had a conversation, both with our clothes on.  I have a permanent record of indecent exposure that I never committed. I have to explain this whole story anytime I apply for a new job (I'm a critical care nurse and employers do background checks before hiring). I had to explain to the licensing board.  Everyone is cool and I have never encountered a problem with it, but it is still stupid to have to tell every one the story.

 

Fundamentalism of any sort is pure insanity and poison. It's the stuff of naziism. Fundamentalists actually believe they know "the will of God" and often consider it their mission to get others to conform to it. Of course, it is only their opinions that they are equating with "God," but fundamentalism is evil and dangerous. Anyone who thinks it cannot happen in this country needs to listen to the speeches of our current vice president.

[Leather69]

There is a steady push of sharia law throughout Indonesia.. lead by extremists . Just look at what they did to the Christian governor in the national capital.

Their major tourist area of Bali will be completely stuffed if these intolerant clowns get their way.  In short.. Indonesia.. somewhere U fly over going to somewhere better.

[breedboy]

And the headlines being pushed to the general public here is 'raid on GAY SEX PARTY', as if there has never been other kind of sex parties, but since it involves penises and vaginas I presume they would never put 'raid on HETEROSEXUAL party'. Also the news agent keeps on pushing the prostitution agenda, as if 100% of the patron there is seeking paid escorts, gurrllllll, have you ever been to a gay sauna before? *i guess not

While on the other side of spectrum, many hotels and spas offering real prostitutes run smoothly without any glitch. Again, because it's straight sex. My take on this is business competition gone sour, this gay sauna has been running for around 3 years without any problem, or caused any concerns to the surrounding neighborhood. Even the neighbors admitted that they never heard any noise or music banging from the building. Trust me, we the gays know very well how to be discreet.

Government should never involve themselves in the private lives of their citizens, what happens behind closed doors in private space between consenting adults are not to be paraded and scolded in public.

Edited May 23, 2017 by breedboy

[Leatherman667]

30 minutes ago, breedboy said:

 

Government should never involve themselves in the private lives of their citizens, what happens behind closed doors in private space between consenting adults are not to be paraded and scolded in public.

How true! The fight is not over yet. We as gay men need to continue to fight for our human right to be who we are. It could as easily happen in Europe if we don't continue to be vigilant.

[NLbear]

12 hours ago, Leatherman667 said:

How true! The fight is not over yet. We as gay men need to continue to fight for our human right to be who we are. It could as easily happen in Europe if we don't continue to be vigilant.

I wouldn't be surprised if something like this happens in Europe. Some governments are really hostile to homosexuality. There's still a lot of homophobia around, even in Europe.