Current Law Religion, religious History

Russia Current Law Religion History

143,964,709 Legal to be LGBT
83% say no
Same-sex marriage illegal
Russian authorities do not
provide legal protection like
heterosexual couples.
Can legally change but they
have to go under gender
reconstruction surgery
Ortho Christianity - 71
Leviticus ch.18 (22.30)
You shall not lie with a male
as with a woman; it is an
abomination . . .
defile not yourselves therein: I
am the Lord your God
Ch.20 (13) If a man lies with
a male as with a woman, both
of them have committed an
abomination; let them be put
to death: their blood is upon
them.
Deuteronomy (23:17)
There shall be no whore of
the daughters of Israel, nor a
sodomite of the sons of
Israel.
Dehumanize/Dehumanin
Declassified a s mental
illness
-11 century - very open but treated as a
sin by the Orthodox Church, not illegal
-16/17 century - open sexually accepted
by foreigners
-18 century - first law was applied for
the military
-32 - illegal to
Muzhelozhstvo (men lying with men) +
criminal code Article 995 Punishable by
exile to Siberia for up to 5 years.
(Pertained to the upper classes)
-19 century - prominent intellectuals led
a relatively open homosexual or
bisexual life. Lax of laws and more
tolerance and visibility.
-05/17 - best years for the LGBT
community.
-22/26 - new criminal Codes eliminated
the of offence of
-33 - decriminalized decree signed
-34 - New article 121 used to punish
and extend prison sentences Sergei
Paradjanov and the poet Gennady
Trifonov.
-80 - about 1,000 arrests each year,
influenced the prison culture
-84 - a group try to form disbanded by
the KGB.
-89/90 - Gorbachev's glasnost was the
first opportunity for a organized group to
form
-1991 - first international conference

Saudi Arabia Current Law Religion

Only code is Sharia Law.
34,140,662 I​llegal to mingle with a
person of the opposite
gender with a reaso​n
If found together boys and
girls might be taken to the
police station.
Men can only go to places
(malls/family areas) ​if with are
with a female relative.
Enforced by Mutawwa’in
(religious authorities) sent
by the government.
Couples not allowed to
marry.​ Death Penalty if
acted upon.
Religion: Koran
-Gays should be punished
but not say how. ISIS says
that “gays should be
thrown from tremendous
height then stoned.”/Often
act on this.
-Saudi Arabia - has the
two id islam’s holiest
cities. It is a big tradition
for many muslims to go to
Mecca for a six day
pilgrimage(spiritual
journey) to the Kaaba
Shrine. All muslims are
expected partake in this.
Happends of the last
month of the year.
-Does Not allow religious
freedom, government
involved with religious
practices, forced to wear
religious symbols
regulated by law.

Dehumanize/Dehumanin
Teachers teach that
 “same-gender” is a sin.

South Africa Current Law Religion History

Did not qualify for legal and social
Banned from blood Religion 80% - christianity protection because they were
57,73 million donation (6-month outside “of the norm”,
61 no deferral). Secular state which mean socially condemned by the public,
that they have a very could be punished by law.
1993- preamble Constitution of
Has legal protection diverse among religion the Republic of South Africa Act
200 says “equality between men
Has social protections and women and people of all
races so that all citizens shall be
able to enjoy and exercise their
Legally change gender but fundamental rights and
with many requirements. freedoms”.
1996 Dec.- President Mandela
Is legal to be LGBT assented the final Constitution of
the Republic of South Africa.
Same years a New addition to the
can get married constitution ended the “de jure”
apartheid. (First action to protect
Can adopt kids the LGBT communication in the
world)
Also made History by adding
national non-discrimination clause
for sexual orientation and
(ensuring gay rights).
2002- Same sex couples are
allowed to adopt/co-parent and
care for children.

Canada Current Law Religion History

in March 2013 showed Oct 15 - Legally change Mostly christian, and 1964- First positive gay
that 80% of Canada's gender Roman Catholics having organization, magazine,
general July 05 - can get married the most adherents.
Can adopt kids 1969- Same-sex marriage
36.71 million Is legal to be LGBT has been legal
14 no Has legal protection 1971- First gay protest
Has social protection​. 1977- discrimination on
the basis of sexual
orientation.

Russia
http://community.middlebury.edu/~moss/RGC2.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/5025358/world-cup-2018-gay-fans-hold-hand-in-public-in-russia-next-summer/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6488541/is-homosexuality-illegal-in-russia-how-are-lgbt-people-treated-and-what-laws-has-vladimir-putin-enacted/​ Examples .
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/11/83-percent-of-russians-think-gay-people-are-reprehensible/
​https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+23%3A17-19&version=KJV
https://stjohndc.org/en/orthodoxy-foundation/christian-understanding-homosexuality#

Saudi Arabia
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/05/the-kingdom-in-the-closet/305774/
https://www.equaldex.com/region/saudi-arabia
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/islam-and-homosexuality-what-does-the-koran-say-1.5395747
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/12/5-facts-about-religion-in-saudi-arabia/

Mecca - where Prophet Muhammad was born, and Medina, where he is buried.

South Africa
Homosexual Rights and the Law- A South African Constitutional Metamorphosis.pdf
https://www.equaldex.com/region/south-africa
http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/amendments

Canada
https://prowsechowne.com/what-are-the-legal-rights-for-same-sex-parents-in-canada/
https://www.equaldex.com/region/canada

United nations declaration of human rights

All couple have the right to marriage but not homosexually couples?