“You have no business putting on an event at a location where my sister can be sentenced by law with the death penalty."
The brother of two-time world champ Tyler Wright has launched a wild fusillade against the World Surf League after it added a surfing event to the 2025 world tour at a man-made wave park in Abu Dhabi, where Sharia law is incorporated into the legal system.
Sharia law, if you didn’t know, is the moral and religious code for the souls among us who practice Islam. It considers homosexual acts as sinful and punishable and recommends imprisonment, floggings or the death penalty, sometimes even adding a stoning into the mix for laughs. Note: stoning, the penalty for adultery, was discontinued in the UAE in 2020.
My Sharia Amour!
In the comments pane of the WSL’s own post detailing the new schedule, Mikey Wright, who is thirty-two, tees off:
“You have no business putting on an event at a location where my sister can be sentenced by law with the death penalty. So much for equality and equal rights, only when it’s convenient to wsl. You have supported the LGBTQ flag on her shoulder but now you want to strip it and be hush hush to get her to a location that she’s at risk of this punishment. You have the responsibility to protect your athletes, interested to see how you think you can protect her against the law.”
Tyler Wright’s sister-in-law, Shenay, Mikey’s wife, even has a swing:
“Nice to see you guys are factoring in the safety of the contestants lives when choosing locations.”
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The pair have come in half-cocked, as it were, as, happily, there are no documented cases of executions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) specifically for the crime of homosexuality.
And while the UAE’s legal system theoretically allows for capital punishment for same-sex sexual activity under certain interpretations, in practice, there have been no verified reports of such sentences being carried out.
This is supported by various human rights reports and indicates a gap between legal provisions and their actual enforcement in the UAE.
You might get one to fifteen in the can for being gay in the UAE, however.
It ain’t quite so sanguine in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and in Hamas-controlled Gaza, however, where the extra-judicial killings of gays is quite a thing. Queers for Palestine! Yay!
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Most of you are missing the point (totally on purpose). She is not asking that the UAE changes their culture and beliefs, she’s merely holding the WSL accountable for making a stupid and very hypocritical decision.
I also find Tyler extremely unlikeable but the hate y’all have for her is really weird. Might wanna ask yourselves why you’re so obsessedl. Are y’all this miserable in life?
Well maybe surf comps aren’t gay after all.
I thought she fell off the tour? Nobody cares about the women’s tour. Not gonna get a HamSammish from me.
I would totally watch that (even ppv)
The most surprising thing here is the utter dumbassness of everyone involved thinking this may be a legit story, and/or true.
Pretty sure the WSL are on top of this one folks. No need to panic.
Hot dogs?
That’s hawt.
Xox
Yeah, ive heard the foods shit there.
If its ok for you its ok for me
This is a line of enquiry that the celebrated “journalists” of Beach Grit should be following –
Ask Erik Logan –
AKA I’m not gay but fucked a guy who is.
I predict an injury of some sort in Tyler’s almost near future.
Watched an old 007 movie the other day. Middle eastern bad guy had a mad camping set-up. Heaps of hot harem women luxuriously lounging. Some looked stoned.
This is one of the Wozzle’s most closely guarded secrets. So much so that some of the male WSL surfers don’t even know they’re gay.
Much foot stomping and fist on table bashing.
The World needs to change for Tyler, dang it!
BTW-“Homosexuality is illegal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and under the federal criminal provisions, consensual same-sex sexual activity is punishable by imprisonment; extra-marital sexual activity between persons of different sexes is also illegal. In both cases, prosecution will only be brought if a husband or male guardian of one of the participants makes a criminal complaint.”
Behind closed doors I do not think the various authorities in Saudi GAF about their own rules, and would certainly be delighted to entertain a booze-fueled party to host all sorts of enjoyments of carnal delights and viewings of said, aforementioned “immoral” activity.
Interesting perspective and may be correct. Different country though.
Whatever. Abu Dabadaba Doo, Saudi Schmaudi. All hypocritical Whahaddimacallits.
Turpel would just spin it as a homage to Jack Lindholm.
“Little splash”
You don’t get stoned anymore in the UAE. That will disappoint many heading over there for the event.
so what kind of drugs are they using …stoners delights?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/9/what-is-captagon-the-addictive-drug-mass-produced-in-syria
Aren’t they mates with the Comish? Pull a few strings etc?