When I meet a Christian who considers homosexuals “sinners” and “lost sheep” who might “need help,” when said Christian thinks their “lifestyle” is wrong, but nonetheless does not advocate actions against them, I do not consider that Christian a bigot.

I have to give people leeway for their own idea of moral integrity.

Sometimes, though, you have got to draw the line somewhere. Shari’a law regarding homosexuals may revolve around its own idea of “moral integrity,” but the violence that is codified in their religious law against homosexuals is itself despicable.

Who am I to judge a religion anyway? Someone who thinks that any faith and the laws around that faith that demand violence against its “deviants” are terribly misled, if not fundamentally evil.

Now that I said that outright you can go ahead and call me a religious bigot, politically incorrect, or what have you. Only, you are wrong. Did I mention “all Moslems” anywhere in that statement? Did I say that all Moslems are strict observers of Shari’a law? No.

I am saying this, because in Germany it is politically incorrect to criticize Islam (in its myriad forms), because there you are a bigot if you do, no matter how evil the implementation is. This silence has led to the deaths of gays all over. Eric Scheie has the details.

So, political correctness is for preventing people from getting hurt?