St Petersburg passes “gay propaganda” law

[Shana A]

St Petersburg passes "gay propaganda" law
by Stephen Gray
21 November 2011, 2:24pm

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/11/21/st-petersburg-passes-gay-propaganda-law/

The city of St Petersburg has passed a law which puts in place fines for people who promote the LGBT community to minors.

The new law passed by 27 votes to 1, having been introduced by the ruling United Russia party.

It introduces fines for "propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and ->-bleeped-<-, to minors" and "propaganda of paedophilia".

[spacial]

This is really tragic, for so many reasons.

[Shana A]

Outcry prompts St Petersburg legislature to reconsider "gay propaganda" law
by Stephen Gray
23 November 2011, 12:04pm

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/11/23/outcry-prompts-st-petersburg-legislature-to-reconsider-gay-propaganda-law/

St Petersburg lawmakers are reportedly reconsidering the provisions of a "gay propaganda" law which passed its first reading by 27 votes to 1 this week.

Vilatly Milonov, a member of the United Russia party who proposed the bill, told media: "We have decided to double-check all legal definitions related to this bill."

[Lone Cypress]

Oh wow. I can't see why such a thing would happen in the world of today. Oh wait, yes I do. Some people are just bad.

[Sailor_Saturn]

It passed 27 to 1? Good God, they're further behind than I thought.

[Shana A]

St. Petersburg parliament temporarily postpones anti-gay law
Staff Reports

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/11/st-petersburg-parliament-temporarily-postpones-anti-gay-law/

St. Petersburg's parliament on Wednesday said it would review a controversial bill banning so-called "gay propaganda that targets children."

The law — which has been slammed by critics as too discriminative — has been postponed in order to clarify its wording.

Vilatly Milonov told the Russian news agency RIA Novosti that his measure was temporarily shelved until city lawmakers are able to agree on its "legal definitions."

[Anatta]

Kia Ora,

It could be since the fall of communism, the religious right have gained a voice.... Who said capitalism was a good thing  for Russia......

Metta Zenda

[Sailor_Saturn]

Kia Ora,

It could be since the fall of communism, the religious right have gained a voice.... Who said capitalism was a good thing  for Russia......

Metta Zenda

Well, Soviet Communism wasn't exactly the apple of Socialists' eye. Really it was a grotesque mutation of our ideals to suit brutal autocrats who would smile, call you comrade to your face, then stab you in the back as soon as you were a convenient target or dared to question them. Lenin was a tool, Stalin was even worse, and the rest of the Soviet leaders weren't much better. Especially Brezhnev. He was completely worthless.

The fall of the USSR was inevitable, and really did a lot more good than harm. Still, Russians are new to democracy, and new democracies tend to have a lot of radicals with sway. Their society is still trying to find its feet. Remember that they've only been a semi-democracy for about two decades. Denmark, by contrast, has been a Constitutional Monarchy since 1849. We've had a lot of practice, and have sorted out our radicals fairly well. Russia needs time to get through this junk. They're just not as far along as I'd have hoped.

[tekla]

Florida is a huge vortex of crazy, it's not really representative of anyplace other than Florida.

[Shana A]

Florida is a huge vortex of crazy, it's not really representative of anyplace other than Florida.

This is about the other St Petersburg... in Russia 

Z

[tekla]

Even crazier, there is no real government in Russia anymore, just a right-wing police state supporting a kleptopracy.

[Shana A]

Russian minister's call for national version of St Petersburg's anti-gay law was "only about paedophilia"
by Stephen Gray
2 December 2011, 4:21pm

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/02/ministers-call-for-national-version-of-st-petersburgs-anti-gay-law-was-only-about-paedophilia/

A press spokesman for the Russian deputy Prime Minister Dimitry Kozak has said his comments earlier today calling for a national law similar to the one being proposed in St Petersburg were misinterpreted.

St Petersburg is considering a law which would issue fines for the "promotion" of homosexuality, "lesbianism, bisexualism and ->-bleeped-<-" and "paedophilia" to minors.

The law has only two sections, one on LGBT ideas and one on paedophilia.