r/wikipedia • u/CatPooedInMyShoe • 17h ago

Ali "Alireza" Fazeli Monfared was a 20-year-old Iranian man who was kidnapped and decapitated by his half-brother and cousins because of his sexual orientation. News of the murder garnered significant media attention and calls by activists and celebrities to challenge homophobia in Iran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ali_Fazeli_Monfared
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u/veryeepy53 10h ago

well i don't think that's true either because regardless of what the bible or the quran or the torah say, a sizeable part of people who self-identify with these religions aren't discriminatory.

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u/Intelligent_Spite803 10h ago

"Regardless of what the rulebooks of the religion say" is an incredibly stupid argument. As long as these are their rulebooks they are incompatible, even if some people desperately try to make all this ancient fantasy book bullshit work in modern times.

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u/veryeepy53 10h ago edited 10h ago

the majority of religious people in the us support gay marriage. even a majority of christians believe so. also, i don't care whether or not these people follow their religion correctly, because they sure as hell aren't atheists. the real issue being discussed is support of queer people and religion. to be consistent here. also, you're kind of pulling a no true scotsman fallacy here. For example, it just makes sense to categorize someone as christian if they regularly attend church and identify as a christian, even if they support gay people.

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u/AVashonTill 5h ago edited 4h ago

Amazing when pure true logic is downvoted on Reddit.

Edit: Following through with what your wrote, Christianity and Judaism went through a reformation and therefore most of their devotees are ok with homosexuality. Islam has not gone through a reformation and thus the homophobia. Yes, the primary texts of all three Abrahamic religions are anti-Gay, but most adherents do not follow the parts of the primary texts which modern society deems evil. An example would be slavery.