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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCameroon: man convicted of homosexuality for drinking Bailey's
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/09/15/cameroon-man-convicted-of-homosexuality-for-drinking-baileys/I am not making this up.
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Cameroon: man convicted of homosexuality for drinking Bailey's (Original Post)
shenmue
Sep 2014
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hobbit709
(41,694 posts)1. I think Bailey's ought to fund his defense.
I've been known to drink Bailey's.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)2. Wow, I had no idea that Bailey's was feminine.
Nor, did I realize that HIV was aware of the sexuality of the host it infected.
This is what happens when people are either unaware of or discount scientific evidence and common sense completely.
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)3. Best to stick with gin or single malt.
ck4829
(35,045 posts)4. This is what these anti-gay laws do, enshrine panic and stupidity
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)5. Ridiculous, however, if he had been drinking light beer, well then...
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)6. "I ordered a cosmopolitan, and they cut my feet off!"
No, seriously, these laws are fucked up beyond words.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)7. Not really
A judge convicted one of Togues clients for feminine mannerisms and for drinking Baileys Irish Cream.which he felt only a woman would drink.
Still ridiculous but it wasn't just for drinking baileys.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)8. Because drinking Baileys is considered feminine?
Jeeze reminds me of my school days when a guy wearing a pastel shirt was considered "queer".
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)9. Huh… Wha-What??!?
Thanks American Anti-gay evangelists, you're fucking assholes for goes to another continent and spreading your bullshit.