Russian Christians "purge" gay cruise waters

[LostInTime]

PlanetOut

More than 200 Orthodox and right-wing Russians, including a fiercely anti-gay member of parliament, sailed an icon-bedecked ship down the Moscow River on Sunday to cleanse the waters after a gay cruise took the same route the night before, the Interfax news agency reported.

Participants hired a ship and decorated it with church banners, icons, Russian imperial flags and their motto, "We are Russian, God is with us."

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I was at a loss of words but I did laugh really, really hard while reading this article.

[HelenW]

It seems as if the whole country is sliding back into the 19th century.  Heck of a shame, I think.

Em

[Hazumu]

The same might be said of the U S and A.  Our history as a whole has been movement towards greater and more encompassing progressive freedoms, but the political and religious fundamentalists have been VERY successful of late taking back freedoms gained since the 30s, and especially since the 60s.

Karen