News from The Associated Press.
The Czech government rejected Wednesday EU criticism of its use of a test of the credibility of gay asylum seekers.
The Vienna-based European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights said the Czech Republic is the only known EU country to use so-called “phallometric testing.” The method tests whether men seeking asylum on the grounds of homosexuality are sexually aroused by heterosexual pornographic material.
The Czech Interior Ministry said in a statement that the testing is conducted only after written consent had been obtained, and when it was not possible to use a different method of verification.
Ministry spokesman Pavel Novak said the testing has been carried out in fewer than 10 cases, always by a medical specialist, and was used on unreliable applicants from countries such as Iran, where homosexuality is grounds for harsh punishment.
Novak said all those who have passed the test have been granted asylum. He gave no further details.
The world is upside down and inside out.
December 8, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Just one of apparently many stories in the media today, detailing the way in which men square off with a world of increasingly shrinking opportunities due in large part to their utter and complete inability to take responsibility for the way things are – and the way they have been and apparently will be for generations to come, because nobody wants to say what’s going on…
And that is, when in doubt, then resort to porno – sex, that is. It’s all over the teevee 24/7/365. My oh my, humanity as it were sure has evolved…
December 9, 2010 at 7:14 am
I thought the TSA was full of crap, this is ridiculous.
December 8, 2010 at 10:18 pm
“The world is upside down and inside out.”
McN,You are the third person in two days to say something like this. WTF is in the air?
December 9, 2010 at 7:16 am
Mary, how can this be happening today? I am disgusted. We’ve gone backwards, not forward.
December 9, 2010 at 5:55 pm
okay, I keep waiting for the update that says this is satire from the Onion.