Russian parliament mulls over "gay propaganda" bill

http://www.euronews.com/ Close to Russia's parliament - the Duma - a gay and lesbian "kissing protest" is being held. The controversial issue of gay rights in Russia is being thrust into the spotlight.




Activists are fighting a proposal by the ruling United Russia party for the Duma to ban gay propaganda among minors.

But the vague wording is causing concern that gays could be fined for demonstrating or even holding hands in public.

Homophobic attacks are becoming more frequent and even tolerated in some places. Anti-gay bills are also sometimes hijacked by politicians for career promotion.

Gay rights campaigner Igor Yasin told euronews: "Recently, because of this obscure anti-gay propaganda imposed by the government, the level of violence and attacks on gays and lesbians has gone up. Sometimes people are even killed but nobody speaks of that. Those crimes are not investigated."

Three months ago a gay club in Moscow was attacked by a group using mace and beating people up.

A poll last year showed most Russians find homosexuality "morally and socially unacceptable".




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[Eleku]

If you ban the basic human rights, then its not a democracy anymore. A democracy must have free speech and other basic rights. If the People want a dictatorship, then its still not a democracy. See Nazi Germany: The People supported Hitler, but it was not a democracy.

[cropower1982]

no you're disgusting sick pervert

[Жан Карвальо]

This has nothing to do with the Russian traditionalism and religiosity. This is a merit of the Soviet legacy.

Russia will recover, and its high moral values is just the start of it.

[Жан Карвальо]

Good job Russia.

I hope you keep on track, avoiding the decline that has taken hold in the West.

[Жан Карвальо]

Fuck "democracy", look at the Western civilization, a bunch of weak and corrupt goverments, where the people is not listened and the minority's imposes its ideals above others.

Democracy would not be the will of the majority? A hypocritical system that does not work.

[Heinz Hörst]

If you can't vote for fascism it is not really a democracy either, is it? Being a faggot is not a human right, some people would actually protest their humanity. Case in point Russians who are still not brainwashed by fat American/Western European kike propaganda.

I am glad Muslims are overrunning your country, hopefully they'll lynch you faggot sympathizers.

HEIL HITLER

[Даник Голованов]

Human rights were not made up democratically.

[popdreams]

No. Fines for breaking the law. Fines for exhibitionism. Fines for pervsions (as the Russians see it) and fines for endangering their children. If they want to practice love then do it by all means in the privacy of their own bedrooms. Keep the children out of it. Keep the values of society intact. Keep the normal functioning of a man and woman coming together sacrosanct AND the priority. Gays must and can never have the upper hand over normal people... if they do your society is ended.