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Gay' bride' beaten in Morocco
01 Dec 2007-
Morocco- AL-QASR AL-KABIR,
Protesters in Morocco rioted over the
lavish wedding of a gay couple whose celebration reportedly included
slaying a bull and drinking its blood.
More than 600 people in al-Qasr al-Kabir turned out to condemn the
northern city's leniency toward homosexuals and criticize the couple for
a disintegration of Muslim values, al-Arabiya, a satellite TV station in
Dubai, reported this week.
The bride, a well-known gay man named Foud, surrendered to police after
being beaten and was sentenced to jail along with five wedding guests
for violating laws against homosexuality, al-Arabiya reported. The
whereabouts and identity of the groom were unknown.
The wedding, which lasted two days, resembled a traditional Moroccan
ceremony with the bride adorned with jewelry over a gown. A bull given
as a wedding gift was slain to the celebratory sound of ululations as
the bride drank the bull's blood from a glass, one of the guests
reported.
Though homosexuality is illegal in Morocco, gay men and women recently
were allowed to form an advocacy group demanding equal rights and an end
to discrimination.
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