Lebanon, once thought of as among the most liberal parts of the Middle East, is poised to ban global hit movie “Barbie.” More conservative Kuwait said Wednesday that it had gone ahead with a ban due to its promotion of homosexuality.

  • @[email protected]
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    This is exactly why the separation of church and state is supposed to exist in democracies. The zealots will continue to take away your rights until morale improves.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      122 years ago

      I’ll just mention that in the middle east the vast majority of people don’t support LGBT rights. Bringing up the separation of church and state makes no sense in this context.

      • @ickplant
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        92 years ago

        They don’t support those rights cause they have been brainwashed by their religion. Maybe if religion was removed from government, that wouldn’t be the case, at least not to this extent.

    • @[email protected]
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      So what? should you bring your “democracy” over there? It happens in Kuweit (8000km away) for a stupid american movie.

      I am more shocked by the amount of money this dump made, it gives quite an indication on the level of maturity of this f’d up society.

      Yes I know, i’m uncool

    • @user_AW11
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      Hmm, there was a country with the phrase: "In God we trust"

      • @TrismegistusMx
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        262 years ago

        That phrase was added in the 1950s, as right wingers provoked the red scare.

        • deejay4am
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          12 years ago

          Naw, that’s always been thar since the Christian founders wanted Christ in the consteetooshun!

          Don’t try tuh reright histery, commy librel!!1

        • @user_AW11
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          US hypocrite, you started yourself seperation of church an State and US didn’t do tat

          • @afraid_of_zombies
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            32 years ago

            Standard is good behavior, not other people.

            One country doing something wrong does not mean that every country gets to be wrong forever.

            • @user_AW11
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              ???, we didn’t build concentrationcamps, Nazies did.

              So are these facts also misinformation?