6/13/2016 The stage was set for the types of attacks we saw in Orlando a long time before the Islamic State (ISIS) showed up. Gays, just like Jews, are commonly scapegoated as vile, sin-bearing creatures whose mere presence decays societies. The stigmatizing of homosexuals inevitably leads to mistreatment and violence towards them, and we should not make the mistake of assuming this problem begins and ends with ISIS. Here are five ways that Islamists created the conditions for the Orlando attacks to happen even before ISIS was born: Supporting the Execution of Gays by Sharia Authorities All of the significant…