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Russia moves to enact laws against 'homosexual propaganda'


               
2013 Jan 21, 3:45am   33,112 views  88 comments

by Tenpoundbass   follow (10)  

Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine on a charge of "hooliganism." But if a bill that comes up for a first vote later this month becomes law, such a public kiss could be defined as illegal "homosexual propaganda" and bring a fine of up to $16,000.

The legislation being pushed by the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church would make it illegal nationwide to provide minors with information that is defined as "propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality and transgenderism." It includes a ban on holding public events that promote gay rights. St. Petersburg and a number of other Russian cities already have similar laws on their books.

The bill is part of an effort to promote traditional Russian values as opposed to Western liberalism, which the Kremlin and church see as corrupting Russian youth and by extension contributing to a wave of protest against President Vladimir Putin's rule.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/21/russia-moves-to-enact-anti-gay-laws/?test=latestnews#ixzz2IdmMDEy0

Boy it sure seems to me that world was a lot more tolerable only 4 or 5 years ago, BEFORE people started bitching about Chicken sandwiches and other unimportant bullcrap.

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2   lostand confused   @   2013 Jan 21, 4:08am  

Looks like they are heading back to communism.

3   Tenpoundbass   @   2013 Jan 21, 4:11am  

Some might not see a difference between some fascist dictator telling you what to do. Or some sodomite enforcing thier homoendoctrine on your children, and you are powerless to do dick all about it.

Bombarded with propaganda by the state TV, or blasted by Gay agenda TV?

It's 6 in one and half a dozen in the other.

4   zzyzzx   @   2013 Jan 21, 4:12am  

Obligatory:

5   lostand confused   @   2013 Jan 21, 4:30am  

CaptainShuddup says

Some might not see a difference between some fascist dictator telling you what to do. Or some sodomite enforcing thier homoendoctrine on your children, and you are powerless to do dick all about it.


Bombarded with propaganda by the state TV, or blasted by Gay agenda TV?


It's 6 in one and half a dozen in the other.

That some are probably home schooled and taught to believe in fairy tales instead of logic and science. The fascist dictator tells you to do something, you do it, or end up in the gulag. The gays on TV look fancy-you can turn the TV off-ain't nobody forcing you to becoming gay.

6   curious2   @   2013 Jan 21, 4:42am  

CaptainShuddup says

Bombarded with propaganda by the state TV....

or Faux News. But, credit where it's due, this article does provide a few middle paragraphs of context:

The bill is part of an effort to promote traditional Russian values as opposed to Western liberalism, which the Kremlin and church see as corrupting Russian youth and by extension contributing to a wave of protest against President Vladimir Putin's rule.

Samburov describes the anti-gay bill as part of a Kremlin crackdown on minorities of any kind — political and religious as well as sexual — designed to divert public attention from growing discontent with Putin's rule.

The lanky and longhaired Samburov is the founder of the Rainbow Association, which unites gay activists throughout Russia. The gay rights group has joined anti-Putin marches in Moscow over the past year, its rainbow flag waving along with those of other opposition groups.

Other laws that the Kremlin says are intended to protect young Russians have been hastily adopted in recent months, including some that allow banning and blocking web content and print publications that are deemed "extremist" or unfit for young audiences.

Denis Volkov, a sociologist with the Levada Center, an independent pollster, says the anti-gay bill fits the "general logic" of a government intent on limiting various rights.

In other words, Putin is using the same divide & misrule tactics seen elsewhere to distract attention from his increasingly corrupt and autocratic regime. Political murders at home and abroad, an economy dependent on petrodollars that may not last, a falling population, all require a scapegoat. The irony is, Putin had the support of Boris Yeltsin, who genuinely believed in democracy. Now Putin is illustrating how Ivan the Great became Ivan the Terrible: power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

7   Tenpoundbass   @   2013 Jan 21, 4:58am  

lostand confused says

The gays on TV look fancy-you can turn the TV off-ain't nobody forcing you to becoming gay.

Look people can't speak honestly on the side of millions of years of evolution, with out being labeled some hater. It's not wrong to feel uncomfortable with Gays, that was as good as it ever could have gotten in this country. Or any country. Gays don't want equal rights they want exceptional rights. Where their rights trumps the rights of others to be repulsed by it, or to raise your children to think Homosexuality is a lifestyle choice, one which may conflict with the morals of how one might want to raise their children.

Yes I can turn the telly off, but Cliff the 30 something Metro closet case teacher at their school, will just pick it back up in his Social studies class. Or even English lit for that matter.

I don't matter, I don't count. But this is only the beginning.
You can push all you want, but I don't think the Gay community will be pleased none at all, when the world pushes back.

Gays golden age is behind them now. I think there will be a time in 5 to 10 years from now, they will ask them selves. We had it good, what in the hell did we do.

Gays have been accepted, well ignored at best, and that just wasn't good enough. They are exhibitionists, that expects the worlds attention and we must all look at them constantly, and watch what they do, and who they do it with.

China will be next, mark my word, then many other countries will follow suit. Sure we might go further down the Gay agenda hole, but I think we'll be alone on that one. France is already starting to push back as well. FRANCE! Of all places.

http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/01/francersquos-surprising-resistance-to-gay-marriage

8   curious2   @   2013 Jan 21, 5:09am  

CaptainShuddup says

on the side of millions of years of evolution....

every species closely related to ours features homosexuality. Being a Southern Baptist, you've probably absorbed many false memes that were spread deliberately to keep you under control by distorting your worldview. If Southern Baptists were prohibited from getting married, they'd yell just as loudly as gay couples do, and for the same reasons. It isn't exhibitionism, it's equal justice under law.

CaptainShuddup says

I don't matter, I don't count.

You do, but on this issue you're simply mistaken. It's as if you had grown up in a geocentric religion, and rejected heliocentrism. At some point, you have to accept (as the Vatican eventually did) that the old doctrine contained some errors.

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