Priest to gays in KSA: Look for work elsewhere

A Catholic Church official on Saturday advised Filipino homosexuals working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to look for work elsewhere, noting the ban imposed by the country on gay and lesbian migrant workers. “It’s much better if they don’t go there. They should look for another country where there is no discrimination," Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People Executive Director Fr. Edwin Corros said in an article on the CBCP news site. Corros said he had nothing against the decision of the Saudi government, which adheres to Shariah law prohibiting homosexuality. “There are countries which have their own laws so we have to respect them," he said. Gay groups as well as the overseas workers rights group Migrante International earlier slammed the new rules. “We were shocked because this is discrimination. This deprives us of our right to earn and the right to livelihood, that's why we are sad," said Bermz Benedicto of group Ang Ladlad. In June 2009, 67 Filipinos in Riyadh were forced to resign from their jobs after being arrested for dressing up in women’s clothes. --LBG, GMANews.TV