JAKARTA -- Indonesia's parliament looks set to pass a new criminal code that will outlaw gay sex and sex outside marriage. The move comes as political parties -- Islamic or not -- scramble to play the morality card and appeal to increasingly conservative Muslim voters ahead of regional elections in June.
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Indonesian lawmakers push to outlaw unmarried and gay sex
Moves aim to woo increasingly conservative Muslim voters ahead of June poll
A plainclothes policeman holds a rifle as he escorts suspects during a police investigation into a men's club after a weekend raid on what authorities described as a "gay spa" in Jakarta on Oct. 9, 2017.
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