This last May, I was visiting Kiev, Ukraine for a few days. Early on a Saturday morning, I took a taxi to the airport. My driver was about thirty and spoke almost fluent English. His name was Vitroly. He was very curious about America and was interested in what I had to say about current conditions.
We soon encountered roadblocks in downtown Kiev on the usual route to the airport. I asked him what was going on. He said there were protests planned for that day that were anti-gay in nature. He said the Ukrainians do not tolerate deviant behavior and wanted to make a statement to their Parliament that they better not condone it. There must of been around 1.000 people involved that I could see.
Vitroly then went on to say he couldn’t understand why a man would want to be intimate with another man when there are sooooo many beautiful women in Ukraine (I’ll vouch for that). And women far outnumber the men in Ukraine. He then took out a picture of his wife of five years and asked me why he would even think of being with a man. I looked at the picture and I said I could not agree more with him as his wife was absolutely stunning.
As I have discovered over the last several years, the eastern European countries still value tradition and families. They will vehemently defend that. If the homosexuals want to take an in-your-face approach there, they may be in for a big surprise.
By the way, Vitroly hopes to immigrate to the U.S., legally, in a few years. I think he would be a great addition.
“By the way, Vitroly hopes to immigrate to the U.S., legally, in a few years. I think he would be a great addition.”
What a nice story.