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Saudi Arabia

Reading Rainbow

Charles Oliver | 11.9.2015 6:00 AM

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The Saudi religious police arrested the head of a Riyadh kindergarten after the school had a rainbow mural painted on the building. Officials said that was promoting homosexuality. 

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Allah knows if you start bending light, bending your brother can't be far behind.

  2. Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer   11 years ago

    Whackos.

    They're afraid of the Leprechaun at the end of the rainbow sitting on his pot of gold handing out gay propaganda pamphlets.

  3. A Cynic's Guide to Zen   11 years ago

    I wonder if advertising schawarma would lead people to start sexing goats... or maybe it already has?

  4. Radioactive   11 years ago

    sexing sheep is baaaaad!

  5. Scarecrow & WoodChipper Repair   11 years ago

    To be fair, rainbows require rain, and the only way a Saudi could see rain is if they were on LSD. I suspect the morality police figure it's better to admit some Saudis know what homosexuality means rather than even admit the existence of LSD.

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