The 7th century called and wants your views of Islam back. Meanwhile in the good ole US of A....
"In England, homosexual behavior was originally handled in the ecclesiastical courts. By 1791 CE, when the original 13 states ratified the Bill of Rights, they all treated sodomy as a criminal offense. By 1961, the U.S. military, and all of the states and territories maintained "sodomy" laws on their books -- some dating back more than a century.
According to the Associated Press, sodomy laws remained on the books in 13 states as of the middle of 2003."