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Dorothee
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| 09:20 AM Feb 29 2012

Dorothee

Germany

Please! Please! Please! You would do me the greatest favor by at least just reading this. If you don’t have the time to read anything, then at least read the last clause, please. Thank you!
I know the following doesn’t even affect this country. However I want as many people as possible to be informed about this subject and after all the fact that here homosexuals even get locked away may have influenced the following: In 2011 there was a discussion in Uganda about whether or not death penalty shall get reintrodiced and if people also should be sentenced to death for being gay. International protests ( also and especially from Obama, the president of the USA ) made them abandon this discussion for the moment. However now they decided to recontinue and if we don’t intervene they are going to kill people simply for behaving according to their nature. Yes, for natural behaviour, because homosexuality can be found everywhere! There are reports and footage proving that homosexuality can be found in the animal kingdom, too. They even filmed intelligent animals, like whales, dolphins or primates which showed homosexual behavior. So you can’t say that this is condemnable, because of being against nature. They say that this is condemnable, because the Old Testament condemns it. When an US-American Christian theologian held a speech about why homosexualty was condemnable according to the OT she received a letter saying something like “What do you think. How much money should I ask for when I sell my daughter into slavery? Because that’s exactly what one sentence written in the Old Testament allows me to do. How should I kill my uncle for growing two things in one and the same field?” You can’t just fix a whole theological theory on one single quotation. 1 Thess 5,21 even says that we should firstlky test it an only keep it if it’s still good. I don’t want to go any further. If you really want to know why I – a strictly religious lady – am against discriminating homosexuals and even think that my religion tells me to do so, then you should read “http://www.englishbaby.com/findfriends/view_photo/596319?page=4”. It’s the comment of 03:13 AM Mar 08 2011.
However David Bahari, a member of Uganda’s parlament as well as of its ruling party also had a comment in favour of this upcoming law, saying that homosexualty could destroy family structures and tolerating homosexuals could have a bad influence on children. I agree on the first comment. Even most younger people still have problems trying to accept “gays” as some still circulating jokes about homosexuals prove. Also organisations like “La Refugee” that adopt adolescents who got abandoned by their parents simply for being gay prove that homosexuals have serious trouble trying to fit in even into their own family. However this could also be considered as a social problem rather than a problem caused by homosexuals. After all the history of Judaism also is full of discrimination, persecutiion and not just one genocide and today nobody would say that the Jews were to blame for what happened to them. Only real nerds would still walk around saying something stupid like “Well, if these Jews hadn’t been Jews none would have killed them. So the problem obviously was that they were Jewish!”
His second comment however sounded like – excuse the word – rubbish to me. I’m sorry, but what sort of influence does he imagine here? That a kid who gets asked why he / she is gay could defend this attitude of his / her by saying “But Peter from 9th grade is homosexual, too. So I make love to someone of my sex, because I want to be like him.”?
What about another example? Nearly all children have an idol and usually this is a movie or a pop star. Does Bahari really think that if one of these stars was gay, a child of under ten years would say “Gee! When I’m grown up, I want to be gay, too.”? I suppose – or at least I hope – not! This would be just ridiculous.
If you want to do something against this madness then please sign the following petitions or inform others about them:
“http://www.amnesty.org.au/action/action/27844/”
“https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uganda_stop_homophobia_petition/”
We beat Uganda’s anti-gay bill once! I’m sure we can beat it twice and – if necessary – three times. Thank you for your support!
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| 10:52 AM May 28 2011

Dorothee

Germany

This area is one of the least developed countries. How you can help? Just visit the following websites and you’ll see: “http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/comoros_34829.html” and “http://www.undp.org/goodwill/match/projects.shtml”.
Two more websites that belong to organisations that help NOT only them, are “https://donate.childhelp.org/page/contribute” and “https://www.kintera.org/site/c.ohLXJ1PEKsG/b.5701361/k.2B33/Donate_Now/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp”. Not to mention “http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/cs/donation”, “http://www.dredf.org/donate.shtml”, “http://www.theirc.org/donate/donate-now” and “https://my.survivorcorps.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=267”.
( Yes, I just removed my first photo dealing with this country.)

| 10:20 AM May 28 2011

Dorothee

Germany

Countries like the Comoros are very poor you know, so there also is a lot of human trade going on in poor countries like this one, but also in Afghanistan or Yemen.
These three countries have one thing in common: Most of their citizens are Muslims, so some people living in industrial countries falsely blame this on Islam.
However forced marriage – just to give you an example – officially is illegal in a lot of countries having a Muslim majority and it wouldn’t be like that if the Koran really allowed forced marriage, would it?
Recently I read a report about a Yemeni girl that was around 12 years old and her father literally sold her to a man who “wanted” her.
Maybe the word “sold” already explains the real reason why forced marriage still gets practiced in these countries: The father got paid for giving his daughter to this man and since he was poor – as many citizens of the Comoros or in this case Yemen are – he accepted the money – perhaps to save the rest of his family from starvation. You see! This isn’t about religion! This isn’t about some Islamic rules! This is just about poverty!
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According to the fact that the article this post is based on deals with a story taking place in Yemen, it would have made more sense to post this under my photo of these Yemeni street children, but since this photo already got so many views, I decided to post it here instead.
Apart from that both countries have some things in common as I said before: They both have a Muslim majority and are very poor.
In addition this post actually wasn’t meant to be focused on the Comoros. I just wanted to do something against this Islamophobic prejudice and I decided to post it under the photo dealing with this country for the reasons I mentioned above.

| 11:43 AM May 19 2011

Dorothee

Germany

Dear Sir,
I thank you for your compliments although I would like to correct a few things: I would not say that my English is perfect, since I am not a native speaker after all. I do believe that even native speakers sometimes make mistakes concerning their own language. This is not something to be ashamed of, but it is just a fact. Thus saying that I speak English perfectly just isn’t really correct if you ask me, Sir.
Nor is there a reason to make a positive remark about my knowledge of rainforests. We all have our interests and hobbies and it is just that I am interested in these geographical areas. This fact automatically results in me doing a lot of research about this topic and after all nothing is keeping me from sharing this information with other users who are interested aswell…
Also I can confess that I consider myself to be tolerant, but if you ask me tolerance should be part of every average human being’s personality. I know it actually is not, but still I do not think I really deserve a compliment for my tolerance.
Still I thank you for your compliments – That is very kind of you. – and by the way you seem to be very intelligent and nice, too. I just checked out your profile and I can confess that you seem to be a good-hearted person, too.
Thank you again and have a nice day, Sir.
Yours faithfully,
Dorothee

| 09:38 PM May 18 2011

behzadaghabagi

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Hi dear Dorothee
I should confess that you are wonderful & excellent.
your information & knowing English is perfect.
you explain every pic completely.
it shows your tolerant & your pretty spirit.
I love those who are thinking positive.
best wishes for you
thanks for sending us these nice photo
yours
Behzad

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