User talk:Nsaum75/Archives/2008/July

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Rollback granted

After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback can be used to revert vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback may be removed at any time.

If you no longer want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Happy editing! Rudget (logs) 09:39, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Illegality of Homosexuality

Hey there, I just popped by to say that I actually think it's incorrect to state that homosexuality is illegal in countries... it is (with the possible exeption of witchhunt-empowered Zimbabwe) strictly an issue of engaging in same-sex sexual activities that is prohibited. Of course, being openly gay in, say, Saudi Arabia is just implausible, no matter if you are celibate or not, but de jure the law says offenses are things like sodomy, public lewdness, etc. How they are prosecuted varies, but I can speak as a former employee at a law office in Massachusetts and say that this is equally true of places where same-sex marriage is legal! The map should therefore only reflect the law, although certainly the text would indicate degrees of unfriendliness. em zilch (talk) 07:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey, your input is much appreciated. How Islamic law is applied/interpreted/etc, however, is up to the clerics/judge(s) in the matter, as well as the country in which it occurs. You are correct, the claim of prohibited sex activities are often used as the violating offense, to start the legal process rolling. This brings up the question of how we should reflect "de jure" and "de facto" laws, taking into account the varying degrees of intepretation. Of course, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says there are no homosexuals in Iran, so I guess its not an issue there :-) Thanks for the heads-up and input. --Nsaum75 (talk) 13:07, 10 July 2008 (UTC)