MPs in Bahrain - a borderless island country in the Persian Gulf - are recommending stopping grants of residence permits to foreign homosexuals and deporting any that are already there, as soon as they are detected. They also called for regular inspections to hunt out homosexuals at massage parlours, health clubs and hair salons - and even want monitoring in schools and for pupils who veer towards homosexuality to be punished, reports Bahrain's Gulf Daily News. One Bahraini gay man said it would be almost impossible to monitor the sexual leanings of students, without turning schools into concentration camp regimes. Even then, it would be impossible to stamp out homosexuality and that trying to hide it would only make it more attractive to curious youngsters. "There is nothing legal or illegal you can do to stop it (homosexuality)," he said. "It is better to educate the public than keep it under cover because this is what will attract people to it - it's reverse psychology." Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society regional and international relations director Faisal Fulad said that while Bahrain's tradition and religion should be respected, the parliament proposal was illogical and out of date for modern times. "In the modern world it's normal, it's not a disease - many homosexuals are lawyers, doctors and ministers. Punishment never cures society; it should be through education and awareness in the family." Fulad said he was however against homosexual prostitution and MPs were right to come down hard on this. This story continues on the link below.