Once liberal Lebanon is poised to ban global hit movie 'Barbie' on the grounds that it promotes homosexuality.

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.

  • carbonprop@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    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@kbin.social
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      1 year 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.