Talk:Homosexuality laws of the world

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[edit] Globalise tag

I added the globalise tag as currently the section seems to be mostly written from a Western POV. Firstly, the section seems to concentrate on the differences between Abrahamic religions and Pagan religions. While pagan religions technically includes all non Abrahamic religions, it's usually unwise to use it in this context in wikipedia IMHO. Also according to religion and homosexuality, the attitudes of Dharmic religions in particularly (and Taoic religions to a less degree) while obviously not as strong as Abrahamic religions don't necessarily appear to be that supportive. Definitely according to the article in contemporary times homosexuality is often frowned upon and while the article doesn't cover the issue of more traditional attitudes that well I don't really see any evidence that their attitudes towards homosexuality was significantly different in the past or that they were significantly influenced by Abrahamic religions. Their intepretations do vary more then Abrahamic religions obviously. However the article seems to suggest that same-sex relations were a part of everyday life for all non-Abrahamic religions and in all areas and intepretations which changed with the spread of the Abrahamic religions. Also, the talk about colonialism seems to suggest it was the sole cause for the spread of Abrahamic religions (and therefore the spread of homophobia and homophobic laws). This ignores the complexity of the spread of the Abrahamic religions particularly Islam which spread to thru a variety of means including conquest but which is mostly not associated with colonialism except perhaps in a few areas (as the conquests had a different character from what is usually considered colonialism). Nil Einne (talk) 11:06, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] North Korea

What is the justification for labelling North Korea as a country whose laws impose life imprisonment for homosexual conduct? The few sources that I've seen do not suggest life imprisonment. 74.68.123.162 (talk) 16:36, 23 February 2008 (UTC)