Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

It’s probably fair to say that most religious groups aren’t exactly keen on the gay community, so it was inevitable that a mainstream movie which revolves around two homosexual cowboys getting acquainted in a tent might not cut the mustard with the God squad. It was in certain Arabic countries – where homosexuality is often banned outright on religious grounds – that 2005′s Brokeback Mountain received the most scathing criticism, and a good deal of censorship, plus a banning to boot in the United Arab Emirates. Here in the US the movie was given an unhindered distribution, albeit against the incessant braying of a scattering of right wing nuts with time on their hands.