A week ago, news began to break in San Francisco about a targeted gay-bashing crime that allegedly occurred on February 26.

Three cousins from Hayward have been charged in San Francisco with a hate crime and assault for allegedly firing a BB rifle at the face of a man they believed was gay, an attack the men videotaped, authorities said Wednesday.

Investigators believe the assailants chose the victim because he appeared to be gay. When the men were pulled over, police found a video camera that was used to film the shooting, investigators said.

Clearly, of course, this had to be a Christian right-wing, tea party, anti-government, bigoted homophobe from the South. Right?

Wrong.

The three men, Shafiq Hashemi, 21, Sayed Bassam, 21, and Mohammad Habibzada, 24, the driver, were arrested.

According to [police spokesman Officer Samson] Chan, they allegedly admitted to the crime.

“The suspects did make a confession, basically stating that they came to San Francisco to target gay people,” he said.

But what is strange about the media reports is that the identity group, nor the motives, of these three “urban youths” is never mentioned in any news accounts. San Francisco Chronicle get it right? No dice. How about the local TV stations? Get real.
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Folks who aren’t in tune with the American gay community need to understand something fundamental. The gay liberal activists and thought leaders that make policy and advocacy decisions have long ignored the existential threat to gays and lesbians by Islamic extremism. Liberal “gay rights” groups such as the Human Rights Campaign, the Gill Foundation, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force are far more concerned about attacking American Christians on a daily basis than facing the real threat to gays around the world.
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The hangings of gays is routine punishment in Iran and other Islamic-ruled nations. But the American Gay Establishment is too concerned about court-forced marriage, educational indoctrination of kids and Federal funding to worry about such trivial matters as systematic killing of gays by Islamic regimes. Or the looming threat to American gays and lesbians on our shores.

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There’s probably a dose of this at work too:

http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2010/01/22/strange-bedfellows-liberals-and-muslims/

Some people just don’t know how to respond to an existential threat.

[1] Posted by vulcanhammer on 03-10-2010 at 02:17 PM • top

Just get Robbie to talk to ‘em, and now Mary G. They’ll come round. The whole Islamic world will let it blow over in six months or so.

[2] Posted by dwstroudmd on 03-10-2010 at 05:13 PM • top

I cannot speak for other LGBT groups but in the UK the LGCM spent a vast amount of time and resources working WITH a group of Imams who were happy to talk in depth about common issues and AGAINST Imams who were happy to issue fatwas against us.

The second part of this talking became very high profile when we opposed the London Mayor, Ken Liningstone’s close association with a Moslem religious leader who was quite relaxed about calling for our execution. We were not just the only GAY group opposed to this close working relationship, we were also the only CHRISTIAN group speaking out, and we found that very troubling.

There is no doubt in anyone’s’ mind that the LGCM lost access to large sources of funding because of this stand against these two very powerful individuals and their machines. We were happy to address the problem of homophobia in Islam and (despite the rather odd postings on this site) we were constantly pointing out the many countries where we and our families as a matter of course would be persecuted, maimed and killed. We organised many demonstrations and press campaigns drawing attention to executions and the torture of gay people. It has to be acknowledged that frequently some of the “liberal elite” found this uncomfortable as it did not suit their political agenda.

Our work with the Imams broke down after two years. The Imams resisted bravely the attacks on their person and threats of murder from other Moslems - ultimately they were forced away from the table by threats against their families abroad, there was no doubt in the minds of the security advisors that these threats would be carried out.

[3] Posted by Martin Reynolds on 03-10-2010 at 06:34 PM • top

It’s time for a round of “Name That Religion!” Mentioning what these thugs have in common might upset someone, so the media pretend they don’t see it.

[4] Posted by Katherine on 03-10-2010 at 09:19 PM • top

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