http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20101221/tap-as-malaysia-gay-confession-1st-ld-wr-b3c65ae.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJLSteQIcms
Above are the news and video link to the incident where a Malay guy openly confessed that he's gay and proud of it.
I've been wanting to blog about this 2 days ago while the news is still hot but i was having writer's block and i didn't have a comfortable place to blog (busy moving so currently i'm blogging with my laptop on the stool and i'm sitting on the floor and it's hurting my back).
What can you conclude from this video based on what the gay dude is saying?
1. It's hard being gay in Malaysia, especially if you are a MUSLIM (when you are a Malay, it's implied you are a Muslim).
Do tell me, is Islam the only religion that says being a homosexual is a SIN? Islam and Christian tells the story of Prophet Lut/Lot, whereby during his time God turned the world upside down to punish those who practice homosexual lifestyle after the wrongdoers refused to listen to the prophet as the messenger of God. I'm not going to lecture you on religion but since the guy brought religion up, it's only FAIR that i do so.
Let's be truthful, it seems like Muslims are more AGGRESSIVE when it comes to religion and God. We don't like it when people make fun of our religion and neither do we like it when some Muslim suddenly want to be SO BLOODY OPEN and GO AGAINST THE TEACHING OF THE RELIGION OPENLY. We show our anger and some Muslims even go to extend of giving death threats (which i think in certain cases is way too extreme).
I'm not saying other followers don't care about their religion but perhaps they are more laid back, more on forgiving perhaps? Perhaps that is caused by the Western culture. I've seen so many cartoons and even shows making fun of Jesus. I personally think it's wrong, sorry if my sense of humor sucks. I don't like it if people make fun of my family, what more my religion?
Yes, to some of you non muslims out there, you probably think we OVER REACTED when we Muslims become angry when somebody draw a picture of Prophet Muhammad with the bomb on his head or when a Muslim killed the guy who made a very degrading video on Islam (he damn deserved it) BUT we are just showing over strong disapproval. If we just keep quiet, people will be MORE DARING to insult the religion even more. If your child did something wrong, do you, as a parent just keep quiet and let him continue doing that wrong thing? No. You must scold him and punish him, only then he will learn and won't dare repeat the same mistake.
Islam also believe in forgiving, but before you can forgive someone, sometimes punishment in necessary so other people won't dare repeat the same mistake.
2. It's hard being gay in Malaysia because of culture and religion.
Duh, one of Malaysia's RUKUN NEGARA is "Kepercayaan kepada Agama" a.k.a "Believe in Religion". So Religion have more priority than whatever damn human right you want to claim that contradicts the religion. I have to thank my dad for telling me this. He was explaining this to me in regards to why gay marriages in Malaysia shouldn't be allowed.
AM I AGAINST GAY?
Be gay all you want but do it privately. Don't go around telling people it's ok to be gay because it isn't. Even if you don't believe in religion, COMMON SENSE tells you that gay is just against HUMAN NATURE because only sex between a man and woman can produce a child. That's how the system is suppose to work. You know something is WRONG when it DOESN'T WORK. Being gay is all about LUST. Sex out of wedlock is wrong but yet people do it. It is caused by lust. But you can't go around telling people and encouraging people it's OKAY TO HAVE SEX OUT OF WEDLOCK. neither do you encourage people and tell people it's okay to have child out of wedlock. Yes, these things happen even if it's wrong but telling people it's ok is not right.
YOU THINK THESE GAYS WANT TO BE GUIDED TO THE RIGHT PATH?
People can't help you unless you help yourself. If you demand society to accept you into society as a gay, you demand the government to give rights to gay and allow gay marriages, how will all these indicate you want to be guided to the right path?
Allowing all these are just encouraging them to be further from the right path because you are giving them what they want.
IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE GAY, YOU ARE JUST SPREADING THE "DISEASE"
You think i will be happy if one day i have a son and he chooses to be gay because gay is no longer taboo in society and it's a norm? What's happening now in this world is that whatever bad things that is taboo ages ago have been a norm. Like transvestite and having child out of wedlock. These have become norms. If you do any of these, there won't be shame because it's accepted in society TODAY.
If gay becomes a norm, people who won't do it might do it because it's a normal thing, nothing to be embarrass about.
This is Malaysia. Respect the cultures and religions. Do bad things privately until you get caught and then you face the consequences, don't force society to accept your "bad thing".
This gay guy and people who support him are just stupid idiots. Were they born yesterday? Don't expect to come up with something as stupid as this and declare it openly without getting death threats or harsh criticisms. And then have the nerve to say Malaysians aren't open or too conservative or Muslims are violent. Screw you and your way too liberal immoral values.