Posted on 04/14/2012 11:11:40 PM PDT by Cronos
Russia, where anti-gay sentiment is strong, Thursday distanced itself from the endorsement of gay rights made in a joint statement by G8 foreign ministers on fundamental human rights and freedoms.
Following a meeting in Washington, the statement of the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting Chair said: “The ministers reaffirmed that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all individuals, male and female, including lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals. These individuals often face death, violence, harassment and discrimination because of their sexual orientation in many countries around the world.”
The document came with a footnote saying “the Russian Federation disassociates itself from this language given the absence of any explicit definition or provision relating to such a group or such persons as separate rights holders under international human rights law.”
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday that “under the pretext of protecting the so-called sexual minorities, in effect there’s aggressive propaganda and the imposition of certain behavior and values that may insult the majority of the society.”
He added that the international law has no separate norms for the protection of people according to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Earlier this year, the parliament of St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, approved a law banning “homosexual propaganda” directed at minors, with fines of up to $17,000 for offenders. Two people have already been prosecuted for displaying a sign reading “being gay is normal” near a youth club.
The city parliament’s members said the law should be enacted in the whole country. Three Russian regions have followed St. Petersburg’s suit. ..
According to a poll by the Levada Center, 74% of Russians consider homosexuality an amoral mental deviation, and less than half think that homo- and heterosexuals should have equal rights.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
Buggering as a “human right”? Wow. What about calling it what it is, arse rape? This is so oxymoronic, and I am surprized the G8 was about gay sex now.
“74% of Russians consider homosexuality an amoral mental deviation,”
Nuff said.
There are times i admire the bear
Unabashed ethnonationalism.... we had that once
If that is where the G8's focus is, it explains why the economy is such a mess.
Europe is all agog about human rights. But they are silent about human responsibilities. In their merry world everything is permitted and there are no moral norms at all. Everything becomes moral.
The USA is not far behind, though, and for the same reason. Politicians are looking for another fringe group of "oppressed" people; then they make hay on fighting for "their rights."
Political correctness is a weapon used against the West by liberals to tear down the establishment.
Why would Ruskies want to join in the sodomite parade? They care too much for their own childrens’ future.
I have to cast my vote with the Russians. They are right. So is KJV.
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday that “under the pretext of protecting the so-called sexual minorities, in effect there’s aggressive propaganda and the imposition of certain behavior and values that may insult the majority of the society.”
Bingo!
RUSSIA IS THE NEW AMERICA.
Based on the past few years, it sure seems that way. They don't cave to the sodomite lobby. Their top guy might be a bit of a tyrant, but he clearly has the best interests of his country at heart, and he doesn't embark on groveling, useless, apology tours. They also seem to espouse some reasonable financial good sense (e.g., debt is not good; reducing taxes is beneficial to economic growth), as opposed to our lunatics in D.C....And for a bunch of former atheists, they seem to support their Orhtodox church fairly strongly....
Damn, the world is upside down...
We should export all of our liberals to Russia, and China, and various other 3rd world dung heaps so that they can educate the masses about gay rights, and all the other crap they value. Places like Russia need to be politically corrected.
I’d rather have Putin than Obama.
100% of this house agrees.
I guess I am a Russian too.
Who inserted that blasphemy to begin with? —es verdad a nobrainer probably some spook working for OBUMMER.
If nothing else, one cannot claim Russia is being run by metrosexuals.
“It should never be a crime to be gay,” Mrs Clinton said at the United Nations in Geneva, adding that a country’s cultural or religious traditions was no excuse for discrimination. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16062937
I guess the Russians aren’t swallowing this!
Also, sadly enough Obamboo is using OUR dollars to cut off aid to countries that do not give gays "full rights"
I vote to send them to Saudia...
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