What could possibly be more important than protecting people from people who have carnal intercourse against the order of nature?

oh, well maybe protecting them from bombs...and guns...and religious fanatics in general...and starvation...and.......

But after all that definitely protecting people from people who have carnal intercourse against the order of nature?

There is nothing more important than gay sex.

@2 Are you referring to the "nature" on this particular planet? If so, you may want to check your facts:

"Homosexual behavior is not only common, but even more common in other species than in humans. While numbers are hard to come by, there are a few that present some interesting patterns. In ostriches, male homosexuality is much more common than bisexuality, but among mule deer, bisexuality is more common than homosexuality. Among our closest living relatives, the bonobo chimpanzees, few if any are either exclusively heterosexual or homosexual. Indeed, all that have been observed are exclusively permanently bisexual."

If by "against the order of nature" you were, in fact, talking about religion, try to remember that the "religious fanatics" you mentioned sound a lot like you, and therefore weaken your argument.

@5 Did you even read the article that @2 was quoting from???

@5
LOL, maybe I needed to put quotes around that line to be clearer that I was just quoting the original article. I thought it was already clear enough but I must have been wrong. They are the ones who said "carnal intercourse against the order of nature". Personally I think homosexuality is perfectly natural and couldn't care less what 2 consenting adults do with each other.

@8
Actually, poo flinging would likely be charged as assault. The others will never be legalized because they are not actions between consenting adults. That's the key. Consenting adults. None of the other things you mention involve consenting adults. Why can't you people get that through your thick skulls?

@6 & @7........Sigh...it's a sad day when you're forced to acknowledge you're too stupid for Slog. I'm going to go drink some more coffee now.

I realize that other cultures handle this differently, but I'm really uncomfortable with labeling them as gay. One of them is a woman. This is transgender oppression, and should be talked about as such.

Man, so many dumb people, both in Pakistan and this thread

@18 I get the desire to clarify, but really -- can't we just call it all queer oppression or something? Spending precious energy trying to clarify what each culture calls things makes our focus on challenging each other, rather than challenging the oppressive structure that we should be focused on.

OOH! OOH! [insert further chimpanzee noises]
I know why the trolls hate the "oh, perfectly natural" argument! It's because they all know that they wouldn't last ten minutes in the wild!

But shouldn't law enforcement in NORTHWEST PAKISTAN be more about maintaining order and keeping the Taliban out?

@22: Learning how to spell "Gomorrah" properly is an important step on the road to moving out of your parents' basement.

Venomlash, you should know by now that the lack of opposable thumbs makes it hard for them to use the spell-check, much less manage the punctuation.

@18 and 20: I kind of agree with you both. While by far the biggest point is that this is oppressive and unjust, queer seems like it would be a better term - less misleading and doesn't render the trans angle of this story invisible.