On 11/10/2007, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
I have cut all various discussions out of this in order to start an effort to get people to move on from the 2008 decision and accept it.
If you are gay and you go to Egypt – either on holiday or to Wikimania - you keep your sexuality private. In fact, for most countries in that area it doesn't matter your sexual orientation; public displays of affection are frowned upon. If you can't live with that then Egypt isn't a destination for you. For all of us there is somewhere in the world we'd not go. Many Europeans would prefer not to visit the United States, not because they would be at risk (perhaps in the wrong part of L.A.) but because they do not wish to support the county's economy with tourism euros due to some of its policies.
Do the Egyptian authorities care if two people of the same sex share a double room?