Khaleej Times (via) reports that the Ministry of Culture and Information will not allow the screening of Brokeback Mountain in the UAE because it has gay people in it.

According to the Ministry of Information, the rules and regulations of the censor section at the ministry did not allow “these kinds of movies to be screened in the country” on the grounds that they will “destroy the values and morals of the society.”

The decision of the Ministry of Information was hailed by the members of the Sharjah Consultative Council during the meeting yesterday. The members thanked the ministry for its efforts in protecting the society from unethical and immoral practices.

I’ve never understood the claim that “these kinds of films” will “destroy the values and morals of the society,”unless the people making them (the claims, not the films) are in the closet and desperate for a bit of encouragement.

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