{"id":26307,"date":"2019-05-06T08:28:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26307"},"modified":"2019-05-06T08:28:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:28:54","slug":"breaking-sultan-of-brunei-says-country-will-not-enforce-its-antigay-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/05\/breaking-sultan-of-brunei-says-country-will-not-enforce-its-antigay-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Sultan of Brunei says country will not enforce its antigay death penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Brunei5619.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Brunei5619.jpg 852w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Brunei5619-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Brunei5619-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sultan of Brunei announced that his country&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/brunei-death-penalty-gay-sex-law-stoning-sharia-sultan-hassanal-bolkiah-a8900636.html\" target=\"_blank\">will not enforce<\/a>&nbsp;its recently passed law punishing punishing sodomy, adultery and rape with death by stoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions remain about whether the law will remain on the books and whether the country will still punish adultery and rape with death by stoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One gay man in Brunei&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2019\/apr\/06\/brunei-lgbt-people-law-scared-dangerous\" target=\"_blank\">recently told&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;that it was unlikely that any gay people would actually be stoned to death under the homophobic law because it has a \u201chigh burden of proof, requiring a confession, or at least four credible witnesses to a criminalized act, [meaning] it won\u2019t be easy to prosecute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, queer locals worried the law would encourage homophobic conservatives to start hunting LGBTQ people in public.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/48-hours-brunei-hollywood-reporter-710691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reports of gay life in Brunei<\/a>&nbsp;say that gay people \u201clay low,\u201d living in the closet, barely patronizing Brunei\u2019s clandestine gay bars&nbsp;and refusing to discuss gay life in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrities like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/george-clooney-leads-hotel-boycott-violent-anti-gay-laws-brunei-20190329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Clooney<\/a>, Elton John,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/irl\/celebrities-boycott-hotels-brunei-sultan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jaime Lee Curtis, Rufus Wainright<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/people\/2019\/4\/02\/ellen-degeneres-urges-boycott-sultan-bruneis-hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ellen DeGeneres<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/dua-lipa-boycott-brunei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dua Lipa<\/a>&nbsp;all called for boycotts of the Sultan\u2019s hotel properties following the passage of the antigay law. 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