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@yo-its-me saidThat's not what we're talking about here.
Maybe we think we're tolerant, enlightened, but we're not.
We've all got beliefs we hold dear and it's impossible to shake them, accepting other peoples held beliefs though: that I think we can do, but it's not easy.
And so many things affect how we think, it's hard to get a real perspective of everything that influences us.
Beliefs, unenlightened, intolerant, bigoted, racist, it's all natural for individuals. If someone doesn't like me for being Irish, or doesn't like you for being a woman, I can accept that and move on. Who cares what individuals think.
But a government, that's a entirely different matter.
illegal to be gay. (as an example, indonesia hasn't passed that law yet)
illegal to have sex before marriage.
illegal to live with a partner before marriage.
That's insane and violation of our own rights as human beings.
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@booger saidAs Fmf already stated, probably it'll be used for bribes by police. In Colombia it's illegal not to carry ID, so 'not on uniform police' would go up to tourists and ask for their id... No ID, no worries they accept bribes. Biggest scam in Colombia.
True.
I imagine it will be a law but not enforced.
We have lots of old or controversial laws around the world that are not enforced.
@trev33 saidThere has to be a complainant so there is a fear that it will be used as a means of revenge in family vendettas and disputes. If the accusations are made ostentatiously and repeated in the mass media, law enforcement officials may not be able to turn a blind eye.
So you don't think the law will be observed?
Also, observance of the law will vary across the archipelago. I'm pretty sure extra-marital and pre-marital sex can get you publicly flogged in the religiously conservative northwestern province of Aceh, for example.
Meanwhile, cities like Bandung and Yogyakarta - and the island of Bali, as mentioned - are more liberal, and homosexual Indonesians, for example, are all generally tolerated and even accepted in those places.