Let me clear something up.

I know this isn't a place for politics, but I'm directing this to the gay community because it's for them. I'm Canadian and I used to be a Muslim. I didn't convert away from it because I believed it was all wrong, but because I have trouble in having faith to something I can't see, it's as simple as that.This is regarding the recent posts about people being afraid that their LGBT rights will be taken away because of the increasing movement of refugees. Do you REALLY believe that's realistic? They're looking for a home. Theirs was destroyed. They can't go back. Isn't it our responsibility as the human race to make Earth a better environment for the next generation? How will people look back at us and read that we pushed our own species away when they wanted shelter? These are normal human beings with lives just as bountiful and beautiful as ours. I guarantee that there are LGBT children in those refugee boats looking for a home.Following the recent incident in Paris, there has been a rise of Islamaphobia again just like what happened after 9/11. People are pointing fingers at ISLAM itself and not at ISIS (Or more politically correct; Daesh). People are afraid, and that's okay. I am too. But what's not okay, is generalizing and blaming ALL of the Muslim population. Do you know how big that is? 1.6 billion. In other words, 1,600,000,000 people. That is over 1/7th of the Earth's population in Muslims alone. If they all had the intention of terrorizing, we'd ALL be done for as the human race. I live in Jordan, a large mix of Christians and Muslims live here. It is amazing how much people don't see because of the media. People here love everyone, everyone is kind, respectful, generous and welcoming. -spoiler alert- They have their own beliefs. Shocker. Are they correct beliefs? Maybe, who's to say? They don't intentionally believe in the wrong things just as you don't intentionally believe in the right things. Hatred against bigotry is a form of bigotry itself is what I believe. Don't be like them, be better.I'm out as gay to a lot of my friends, and they couldn't care less, just like how it should be. The older residents of Jordan (40+) are still old fashioned and still may be living in the stone age, but that's okay. The newer generation of teenagers are a lot more accepting of outside cultures and that's a step in the right direction. They might not like it, they don't have to.When people say that people commit barbaric acts in the Middle East, do they know what they're talking about? This happens in countries where they have been politically and economically scarred from years of war. This is Afghanistan for an example. How does one country proceed into the 21st century when they are being slaughtered as if it's still the Medieval ages? Of course they're going to commit barbaric acts, it's what they've grown into because of the many years of war.I'm not very good at arguments. My point is that you shouldn't let the media portray your opinions on people. There are bad people in every culture. In every country. Don't hate on Muslims, hate on ISIS. They're the only thing that's a threat to the LGBT community. We are talking about a religion of 1.6 billion people, it's very easy to paint them all with a single brush and say "well this Muslim country does this and that" and all of a sudden that's a representation of Islam? How do you think American Muslims feel when that's being said? Or Chinese Muslims? Or Canadian ones? They are being placed as a scapegoat for crimes they did not commit.Islam does not promote violence, nor does it promote peace. It is a religion like every other religion in the world and it depends what you bring to it. If you're a violent person, your Islam/Christianity/Judaism is going to be violent. There are Buddhist monks slaughtering women and children in Myanmar, does Buddhism promote violence? Of course not. People are violent or peaceful.Thank you for reading. I don't have a TL;DR but I do have some quotes that might inspire you from various religions; even though I'm not religious, they aren't wrong.“Whoever kills a person [unjustly]…it is as though he has killed all mankind. And whoever saves a life, it is as though he had saved all mankind.” (Qur’an, 5:32)"For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."" - Galatians 5:14"When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others." - Judaism (Couldn't find the reference, sorry)