Indonesia Moves To Ban Same-Sex Emojis On Messaging Apps (thestack.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The Indonesian government has this week demanded that instant messaging apps available in the country remove all same-sex emoticons from their platforms, or face heavy sanctions. While homosexuality is not illegal in the country, it remains a controversial issue in the Muslim-dominated country. Now in the latest effort to crackdown on gay rights, Indonesian authorities want to ban emojis, stickers and emoticons which depict same-sex couples, the rainbow flag, and any symbol that symbolises the lesbian, bay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Apps that have been targeted by the demands include the popular Asian messaging app LINE, Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter. The Indonesian Communication and Information Ministry added that a particular concern was that children would find the bright coloured stickers appealing.

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Re:But they're not white, so it's OK

[Coren22]

I would also add on to that:

Mohammed would be proud of Muslim extremists
Jesus would condemn Christian extremists

Jesus taught that you should love those who are different
Mohammed was a warlord who practiced slavery

It is hard to believe that Islam stems from Christianity, they are opposites in so many ways.

Re:But they're not white, so it's OK

[Penguinisto]

Hate to break this to you, but that's a ballot initiative, and not a bill.

Anybody with $200 and a paltry number of signatures can introduce a ballot initiative.

It's not a legislative action (that is, a bill), as you falsely stated in the beginning.