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Moscow Bans Pride for the Next 100 Years
As antigay sentiment heats up in Russia, Moscow City Court upheld a new law that bans any gay pride celebrations in the city until the year 2112.
The Moscow municipal government had decided to issue a blanket refusal of any request to hold a gay pride demonstration for the next 100 years. /—/
“Remarkably, President Putin has stayed silent as members of his party advance a provocative antigay agenda that is putting him on a collision course with his allies in Europe and around the world,” Andre Banks said in a statement. “Denying 100 years of Pride is no way to make friends in 2012.” /—/
The next step is to bring the issue to the European Court of Human Rights, of which Russia recently became a member.
The Russian government has painted its antigay efforts as simply protecting “the majority’s rights.” Russia’s official representative at the United Nations said the government felt that “no international commitments are breached.” He added, “It is not appropriate to give rise to appreciation of special groups such as LGBT.”
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