Alhamdulillah, Keith Ellison, muslim pertama yang terpilih menjadi anggota DPR AS, ternyata cukup bijak untuk tidak 'main hakim sendiri' dengan menyatakan:
"and let God decide if He will judge them" I second you on that, mr Ellison. Allah yubarik fik! That's all I can say ...! satriyo --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, "Dwi W. Soegardi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Keith Ellison, muslim pertama yang terpilih menjadi anggota DPR Amerika > Serikat. > Pendapatnya tentang kaum minoritas seksual: > > "...... I am a person who believes in civil and human rights are for all > people. I've never been ashamed to admit that I think America needs to have > human and civil rights for all people, particularly unpopular groups. > Unpopular groups like the Muslim community, unpopular groups like Latino > immigrants. Unpopular groups like the gay community. How in the world can I > argue that America has to have rights for Muslims, who are unpopular, but > not gays? That is a hypocritical position! I'm not asking people to embrace > homosexuality. I'm saying it's wrong and immoral to kill them, beat them, or > exclude them from working. You don't have to like them. Leave 'em alone. Let > them live their lives and let God decide if He will judge them, as He will > judge us all. That's all I'm saying." > > http://www.altmuslim.com/a/a/a/do_good_works_engage_politically_and_ge t_involved/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >