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Russia's Putin warns against homophobia as Olympics approach
reuters.com ^ | November 20, 2013 | Alexei Anishchuk

Posted on 11/21/2013 1:20:52 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

President Vladimir Putin, who has come under international criticism for a law banning "gay propaganda", said on Wednesday that Russians must not "create a torrent of hatred towards anyone" including homosexuals.

The remarks may be aimed at easing concerns about the treatment of gays in Russia ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics which some activists have said should be boycotted in protest against the law.

Putin has staked personal political prestige on staging a successful Games and made a point of telling a Olympic delegation last month that gays would be welcome at Sochi.

At a meeting with leaders of junior political parties on Wednesday, Putin defended the law, saying it was meant to protect young people, but he added that hatred towards gays was unacceptable.

"You know how much criticism I had to listen to, but all we did on the government and legislative level, to do with limiting (gay) propaganda among minors," Putin said.

"In the meantime we should not create a torrent of hatred towards anyone in society, including people of non-traditional sexual orientation."

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1 posted on 11/21/2013 1:20:52 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
http://youtu.be/KTGvoXro6yo
2 posted on 11/21/2013 1:28:15 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (What we said when we said what we said was. Period. End of story.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

My guess is homos will go there during the Olympics and dress like they do in parades half naked and they will hold gatherings and I hope he arrests them. That is the sort of thing they outlawed. Good for them. If homos would behave like other people, no one would know or care what their sex life is, but they don’t want it that way. They want you to see it in all it’s disgusting splendor.


3 posted on 11/21/2013 1:33:32 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Tailgunner Joe

What about Heterophobia?

When are the homosexuals going to have to face up to their fears?


4 posted on 11/21/2013 1:39:40 PM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I am surprised as I did not know fudge packing and carpet munching are Olympic sports.


5 posted on 11/21/2013 1:46:02 PM PST by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969)
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To: Fai Mao

Did he use the term “homophobia”, I don’t think so.


6 posted on 11/21/2013 1:50:41 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: Wurlitzer

They will be if Obama gets his way.


7 posted on 11/21/2013 1:51:35 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Personally I don’t think Vlady has any problems with the gays

I think he is sensible they try some crap before Olympics


8 posted on 11/21/2013 2:18:10 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: SevenofNine
If I went to Russia I would behave myself in every way.
I don't want Putin mad at me.


9 posted on 11/21/2013 2:26:21 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

gay suicide bomber legion coming to Russia......false flagged by the muzzies.


10 posted on 11/21/2013 2:44:40 PM PST by TomasUSMC
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"In the meantime we should not create a torrent of hatred towards anyone in society, including people of non-traditional sexual orientation."

He really said that?

I find it hard to believe Putin has bought into the homosexual "heads I win, tails you lose" narrative.

I have always found it interesting that homosexuals have been able to get away with posing their sexual behaviors are a function of who they are, yet their pathological hatred and aggressiveness toward those withholding approval of their demographic is not.

If it is reasonable to assert one can not contain ones sexual behaviors due to some innate physiological difference, why is it unreasonable to assert their are other, more destructive, behaviors that are similarly irresistible for the same reason that have only been held in check throughout the history of man by fear of societal retribution?

11 posted on 11/21/2013 3:08:56 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: TigersEye

I just love that photo of Vlady riding the Russia bear


12 posted on 11/21/2013 3:28:57 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Homophobia is a BS word. And I guarantee that Putin didn’t use it.


13 posted on 11/21/2013 3:34:19 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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