No they haven't. At best, someone with an agenda is masturbating your mind.
bcspace,I hate to have to say this in the Terrestrial forum, my friend, but sometimes you just blow right through every boundary of civility and thereafter violate every tenet of reason, logic and common decency in sight.
Baloney. You guys are merely putting on your suits and ties in order to pretend your indignation is righteous.
Even with their long tradition of religiously based homophobia and associated science denial, I would say that there are very few folks in the Middle East who could even hold a candle to you.
When it comes down to openly proclaiming your homosexuality in a Muslim community in the Middle East or doing it in in a community comprised of people like me, I'll bet you'll choose me. In fact I'd bet you'd ultimately choose me over any type of non homosexual community.