"Most violence is caused by mental illness"

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This bit: Aceh is an ultra-conservative province with a good deal of autonomy after a long history of anti-Indonesian separatism.

Dealing with the often theocratic unconstitutional actions [e.g. Sharia law] of its maverick local politicians is a bit of a poison chalice for the central government and there is a good deal of political cowardice in play.

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If anyone in power in Aceh took the step of hanging gays, they would be arrested by national law enforcement from Jakarta and would end up in gaol. So, while the situation in Aceh is clearly abominable, it is, indeed, different from Iran.

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In Indonesia, if a dog falls in a river or a truck driver has a fist fight with a motorcyclist, you will immediately see "hundreds of loonies with cell phones videoing" it.

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Correct. The civil authorities here will not recognize it. There'd have to be a law authorizing it or directing them to do so.

Gays live together in what one might call 'common law marriages' though. The city I live in has a relatively large number of homosexual couples living in it. Another city that is relatively gay-friendly is Bandung.

The conservative - or even reactionary - faith-based and culture-based push back that this kind of 'modern life' gets is not exclusive to Islam; a lot of Christians and Hindus are deeply disapproving of homosexuality and, if there were to be a referendum, I doubt that state recognition of same-sex marriage would get too much support.

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Perhaps he is in Aceh.

@fmf said
That's true. But being homosexual is not illegal.

You're right.

It's immoral.

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Christians are not under the law.

Do you not understand the new covenant?

But how could you after tearing the scriptures apart(undermining) and discarding the parts you don't agree with?

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Now I know you're an idiot.

@josephw said
You're right.

It's immoral.

Why is God creating immoral beings?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Why is God creating immoral beings?

He made us with the ability to love, hate, be fruitful or fruitless. Fruitless was not in the design either as was hate.