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You want facts? Name a single Muslim country that has legalized homosexuality. Name a single Muslim country that has legalized gay marriage.
I can name many non-muslim countries have.
If you want a thorough and detailed breakdown of how poorly Muslim countries perform in this regard, fire up Equaldex and search for any Muslim country there.
It is evident that in places such as West Europe and North America (not referring to America under Trump, it's ruined now), generally, queer people have felt safe enough to come out, live their lives and remain in relationships w the people they love. This is not true of Muslim countries. You cannot be a openly gay man in Muslim countries, unless you're of the elite class. This is self-evident.
It's not "vibes", I'm speaking from lived experience having lived in these countries as a gay person. Have you?
And yet I can name many christian states that have far better laws and protections for queer people than Muslim countries have ever had.
I never denied Christianity is also a plague, but in many regions, today, Christian states has progressed significantly whereas Muslim states have absolutely not in this regard. It's disingenuous to present this as a "both sides" issue when one is clearly worse.
Having said that, to be clear, I denounce both Islam and Christianity.
The picture is not as black and white as you claim. And the reason many western countries eventually accepted LGBT folks wasn't because Christianity is more accommodating of those views, it was because of the separation of church and state, and increasing secularization of those countries.
It really is, actually.
There are no Muslim countries where homosexuality is legal, or where gay marriage is established.
The listing here is absurd and demonstrably false.
Egypt for example does not consider homosexuality legal.
You can visit the page and scroll down for individual logs, laws, dates, and events etc yourself if you want to see a detailed deconstruction of precisely how the legal system there works against queer people if you're not convinced.
Equaldex is a better resource than Wikipedia for this and gives you a more detailed breakdown of the respective countries.
For Jordan, also:
Lebanon has ambiguous laws, it's not "legal". It is also illegal in Iraq.
For Bahrain:
My source is Equaldex for the aforementioned claims.
"Middle East" ≠ Muslim countries.
Turkey is a secular state, it does not have Islam as state law. Israel is a Jewish country. Cyprus is a Christian country.
The fact that they accomplished separation of church and state on such a wide scale is impressive in its own right. Good luck trying to achieve that in Muslim countries (note: Muslim, not "middle eastern").
Furthermore, I would also add that you do not account for (1) the lack of legal protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and (2) extrajudiciary killings, which are enabled by problem (1), as well as (3) the degree of stigma and discrimination in these countries cause suicide amongst queer populations.
There are Christian countries that have legal protections against discrimination on sexual orientation, and thus limit/protect against extrajudiciary killings. You cannot say the same about Muslim countries. I would like examples if arguing otherwise.