Posted on 07/10/2015 7:02:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MOSCOW, - The ruling party of Russia has unveiled a "heterosexual flag" designed to represent "a real family" and "traditional values" in response to same-sex marriage.
United Russia, the party of President Vladimir Putin, introduced Moscow residents to the "heterosexual flag," which depicts the silhouettes of a man, a woman and three children along with a Russian hashtag that translates to, "A Real Family."
In stark contrast to the rainbow flag used to represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender pride and rights movements, the United Russia straight flag bears only two colors, but is available in a number of different schemes .
The party said the flag's release was timed to coincide with the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, an annual Russian celebration that was marked in the country Wednesday.
Andrei Lisovenko, deputy head of the United Russia branch in Moscow, said the flag was inspired by the U.S. Supreme Court's June 26 decision to strike down the country's remaining bans on same-sex marriage.
"This is our response to same-sex marriage, to this mockery of the concept of the family. We have to warn against gay fever at home and support traditional values in our country," Lisovenko told newspaper Izvestia.
Satirical Twitter account RIP Novosti pointed out the flag bears a striking similarity to a banner for La Manif Pour Tous, a French group opposing same-sex marriage. The Russian version has one more child and different text than the French flag, but the silhouettes appear identical.
The world is getting so weird when Russia is doing things that you admire.
“Gay fever”. LOL! It’s sweeping America. You don’t have to be “born that way” anymore.
I was hoping for a black and white Confederate battle flag.
Fight the rainbow!
America’s ruling party (both branches) has ‘gay fever’ so it balances out.
I can just hear some SC statehouse representative shrieking and wailing if such a symbol of INTOLERANCE AND HATE were erected on statehouse grounds.
strange.....can’t seem to find it on Amazon
Definitely.
An American who can get copyright permission to print an English version in the US is going to become incredibly wealthy. (Hopefully they get rid of the hash mark.)
“Gay fever”... sounds like a disco song.
And I'm ashamed we didn't think of this as Americans. WTF is wrong with us?
for later
This is the next flag to be banned on Amazon and Ebay.
I was thinking something quite similar. I hate having to agree with Putin on anything. I like their use of the term "mockery" when referring to the gay activists assault on marriage and family. "Gay" marriage is a mockery of marriage and family.
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