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Furious gay rights groups condemn FIFA chief Sepp Blatter
Activists say his joke about gays refraining from sex in Qatar during 2022 World Cup isn't a laughing matter
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Why are gay rights groups furious? I mean, it is illegal to have homosexual sex in Qatar, so not so much a joke to say don't have sex in Qatar. It is also illegal to drink in public. Or for a man and woman to have sex in public. Possibly for a woman to drive (although there might be a waiver for foreigners like there is for US Military women).
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So saying "Don't have gay sex" isn't a joke. It is just the law in Qatar, the people that voted to put athletic events in Qatar know it. I am not offended by the joke - or even the law. My desire to stay out of a Qatar-y jail overrides my need for gay sex in that particular country.
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After all, UAE threw straight couples in the whoskhow for kissing on the beach - I get that doing the nasty with another boy isn't going to make them happy.
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Eddie and I have both traveled to countries where gay sex is (or was) illegal. This includes India, Singapore, Laos, Zimbabwe and China. Sometimes we were there together and sometime separate, but we haven't had problems. Just don't flaunt it. Being nice and pleasant is going to chance more minds that bitching at the head of FIFA.
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Although, look at him. That is one big slice of handsome man meat.