Posted on 01/12/2015 6:27:53 AM PST by KeyLargo
Jan 10th 2015 at 11:01AM
Russia bans transgender people from getting driver's licenses
Chris Bruce
The Russian government has reportedly decided that it can make the country's roads safer by keeping people with what it considers "disorders" from getting driver's licenses. According to the International Business Times, under the new guidelines, people who are homosexual or transgender will not be allowed to to get a license. The list also includes things like fetishism, voyeurism and exhibitionism as grounds for not getting behind the wheel, notes the BBC News.
The ban, which the government says has been devised to curb the number of road accidents, reportedly affects other groups in Russia, as well. People shorter than 4 foot, 11 inches and amputees can also no longer get a driver's license. Pathological gambling and compulsive stealing are also grounds for not being able to get a license.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed the order on December 29, and has been roundly criticized by Russian and global human rights groups that describe the bans as discriminatory and the wording of the rule as too vague.
The Russian State is on a full bore tilt towards Orthodox Christianity. Today Russia - tomorrow the world.
A law like this in the US really would disenfranchise Democrats from voting.
Good idea. I think it is prudent to deny licenses to people with confirmed mental health issues.
My first impression was that this is silly, and I wondered what was going on. However, you’re right. Russia’s embrace of Christianity and firm resolve to reject the decadence that dooms Western Civilization may empower Russia to prevail as the West falls.
Let’s see - all those groups in the US can have a driver’s license - but a dad behind on child support has his license yanked (making it much harder to hold a job and be ABLE to make payments)
Which make more sense?
exactly...
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