Saturday, October 23, 2010

Russia Must Pay Gay Fine: Lifesite



Moscow Must Permit Gay Parades: European Court of Human Rights


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By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

October 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The European Court of Human Rights this week ruled that the city of Moscow must allow homosexuals to hold "gay parades," and ordered Russia to pay a fine of $41,300 for previous refusals to do so, according to international press reports.

Since 2006, the Moscow city government has refused to issue a permit for such parades on the grounds that sodomy spreads diseases, is unnatural, and offends the morals of Russians. He has received the vocal support of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish religious leaders.

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has consistently defended the government's position over the years despite massive opposition from unsympathetic European politicians and international homosexual groups, even going so far as to call gay parades "satanic."

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1 comment:

  1. I would hope that Russia, signatory or not, should simply ignore this "order" of the EU.

    What's the EU going to do if Moscow ignores them....send in troops?

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