"One more reason to appreciate the good ol' U.S.A."

If the Evangelicals ever regained the kind of power and influence they had during the early part of the George W. Bush administration, you would see much of the same sort of repressive backwards thinking, only the rules would be proclaimed in English, and the name being invoked would be Jesus, not Allah.

In either case, you're looking at one of the more deleterious effects of religious fundamentalism.

...about Indonesia. If you're a heavy hitter, police work will be hard to find.

It's only one province of Indonesia.

travel to, or volunteer to take a work transfer to another country. I feel really sorry for some of the guys that I've talked to, attracted by the extra dollars they would make, volunteered to go and work in countries with very strict moral codes, and didn't have, or could take an SO. What enjoyment they did receive from the little sexual companionship they came up with, was counter-balanced with fear and dread of being caught.