Pakistan gets flustered over Facebook's gay rights meme

Those showing support online for the US supreme court's decision to legalise same-sex unions have faced a barrage of criticism

When Nabeel Khalid joined the 26 million people around the world to superimpose a rainbow flag over his Facebook profile picture, he did not expect a tirade of abuse for showing support for same-sex marriage.

But the meme that swept the social networking site in the wake of last week's decision by the US supreme court to legalise same-sex unions has not gone down well in Pakistan.