Reality

While I was looking for an article or anything to post, out of curiosity I just typed Middle East into Google Photos. Mixed in with basic maps of the Middle East and pictures of the cities, there was a picture of a man and women with severe scares and bruises from punishment they had endured. I found it ironic that mixed in with normal things such as maps, which would be associated with the Middle East, this picture appeared. The picture is of a man and a woman who were beaten for being openly homosexual. "Iranian law punishes all penetrative sexual acts between adult men with the death penalty. Non-penetrative sexual acts between men are punished with lashes until the fourth offense, when they are punished with death. Sexual acts between women, which are defined differently, are punished with lashes until the fourth offense, when they are also punished with death." Growing up in the United States, there are many people who are openly homosexual. Opinions differ whether this is appropriate but in reality homosexuals are more or less accepted in our society. It is such a culture shock to think that for being openly gay in another country you can be killed. Is justice even practiced in the Middle East? It is so hard to believe that in the same world, two countries can be so different. Why is it that you two men can show affection in public in America but if they went to Iraq they would be shot? I cannot understand how those in the Middle East believe they have a right to tell others what is right from wrong. Reality is strange.