| “Do you personally believe that Homosexuality is….” | |||
| Morally acceptable | Morally unacceptable | Not a moral issue | |
| United States | 23 | 37 | 35 |
| Britain | 30 | 15 | 50 |
| Russia | 9 | 72 | 9 |
| Turkey | 4 | 78 | 12 |
| Egypt | 1 | 95 | 1 |
| Jordan | 2 | 95 | 3 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 80 | 11 |
| Palestinian Territories | 1 | 94 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 92 | 4 |
| Israel | 27 | 43 | 25 |
| China | 13 | 61 | 17 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 93 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 88 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 85 | 3 |
| Ghana | 1 | 98 | 1 |
| Kenya | 3 | 88 | 9 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 85 | 11 |
| Senegal | 3 | 68 | 26 |
| South Africa | 18 | 62 | 12 |
| Uganda | 1 | 93 | 5 |
Source: Global Views On Morality
For various reasons which I won’t get into there is in much of the West a developing Left-progressive/Muslim alliance. Alliances need only be situational and of the moment. But because of the nature of alliances and the feelings they endgender often one has to assert that one’s allies are somewhat different than they really are, so as to diminish the cognitive dissonance that occurs when there is deep divergence in views between allies.
One aspect that is really strange is the attempt by Left-progressives to diminish the anti-gay stance which is normative and dominant among Muslims the world over. Though it is true some Western Muslim communities are less anti-gay than the Ummah as a whole, as Muslims like to remind us there are 1.5 billion of the, and most do not live in the West. It is true there are LGBTQ Muslims. It is true that most Muslims are not extremists. But the existence of a vibrant community of LGBTQ Muslims is feasible in Western societies where Muslims are not the majority (as opposed to homosexual activity, which is common in Muslim countries). And by definition most Muslims are not extremists, but the typical Muslim in the world is basically anti-gay.
You can spend 15 seconds looking on Google. The above data are from Pew. I put in some non-Muslim nations for comparison. The fact is most of the world is anti-gay; the West is exceptional. But Muslim nations are exceptionally anti-gay.
As I don’t think there is any such thing as a religious essence I wouldn’t be surprised if Muslims change their views in the future on this issue. But, I’m kind of tired of the lying which progressives engage in with no shame on this issue (or they are deluding themselves). The anti-gay stance of Muslims the world over doesn’t mean that gay progressives shouldn’t stand up for the civil rights of Muslims in the West, even those who are anti-gay. People who deserve rights are not always people you agree with, or even people who like you personally. One of the insights of liberal democracy is that laws apply to us all, irrespective of who we are. You can defend someone’s rights without having to pretend they are someone they aren’t. But it seems today that people need to feel like one big happy family to treat each other with dignity.
Note: I know these numbers are well known .But sometimes I want to publicize them again because my Twitter feed gets tiresome.