Posted on 06/29/2009 9:03:40 AM PDT by pobeda1945
MOSCOW. June 29 (Interfax) - Moscow authorities have turned down the request of city gays to hold a picket near the U.S. embassy during the Russian visit of U.S. President Barack Obama.
"The prefecture of the Moscow central administrative district informed the organizers of the gay picket near the U.S. embassy on Monday that they were denied the action," Moscow gay pride parade organizer Nikolai Alexeyev told Interfax.
He said the ban "once again confirmed that Moscow authorities would not allow any public actions of sexual minorities in the city." The gays applied for holding the picket near the U.S. embassy on June 26. They wished to support the legalization of same-sex marriages in the United States.
Despite the ban, the organizers said they would hold the action on July 7 - the second day of the first official Russian visit of Obama. "We will hold the action regardless the decision of Moscow authorities," Alexeyev said.
He said the action would be held under the "Yes, You Can" motto. "In his election campaign Obama promised to invalidate the Defense of Marriage Act, which impedes the recognition of same-sex marriages in the United States," Alexeyev said.
I woudldn’t like the honour to be greeted by gays during an internationl visit, if I was a President of a country.
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