Never want to say mean things about other cultures, but sometimes it's warranted....homophobic places give me a KKK tea tbh. Similar persecution for an equally petty reason.

You didn't say anything tho

But he was thinking it. (we all were)

In Morocco it's only jail. In Saudi-Arabia they behead you for that.
It's disgusting and the marches for Sharia law in the UK are frightening.

As awful as it is, it's just one of those cases where you have to be respectful of the country you're visiting. It shouldn't be that way, but that's the world we live in.

I wonder what happened to his partner? It must be terrifying for the poor young man. To be 20, and in prison in a homophobic country must be terrifying.

Who follows gay news site though?

That's awful .

Like that's gonna change anything

Islam its power

**** being respectful to other cultures, if they do things like this they don't deserve an ounce of respect

It's interesting how "it's Islam" and "it's their culture" come up when it's a Muslim country, but no one ever makes the same comments when gay men are beaten to death in Russia, Jamaica, Nigeria, etc.

Anyway, this is actually unusual. A lot of countries around the world have these laws, but they're rarely enforced, especially for a European tourist (unless there's extortion involved). I wonder why they targeted him. Maybe it's because he's 69-year-old and with a 20-year-old kid.

**** off with this bull ****.

If you're gay, don't visit places with strict anti-gay laws. Simple as that. He's from Britain where he was used to being openly gay. It's not like that everywhere and he should know how the laws of a country he is visiting could affect him. I mean, I'm American and I would never step foot in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.

I'm sorry, did I say anything wrong? It's not like there's a better alternative. This isn't a case where you can go into foreign territories with such willful ignorance and expect all to be fine.

I also think the age difference between the two was also a contributing factor as Inverted said. It seems like the kind of thing which would inflame even more ill feeling, especially since there's a foreign older man involved.

Weird.... gay men usually don't get arrested in Morocco, especially not foreigners.

I really hope they change their laws. They should change it to "public display of homosexuality" and then maybe in a few years we can move on from that.

And that's why I'll never go visit a Muslim country.

If you're gay, don't visit countries with blatant anti-homosexuality laws. It's not rocket science. You'd be putting yourself in danger deliberately.