The Iraqi parliament has passed a law criminalizing same-sex relations and vowing tough penalties against them in a step that rights advocates decried as discriminating against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The legislature Saturday voted for an amendment to a 1988 anti-prostitution law, penalizing homosexuality by 10 to 15 years in prison, and bans promoting prostitution and same-sex relationships in “any way” in Iraq, making it punishable by at least seven years in jail. An initial draft proposed the death penalty for same-sex relations, the Iraqi independent po…