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Russia retaliates: New report says EU’s promotion of homosexuality ignores real human rights issues
LifeSiteNews ^ | 1-16-14 | Hilary White

Posted on 01/18/2014 4:39:59 PM PST by ReformationFan

Far from backing down on its national ban on homosexual propaganda, the Russian government is going on the offensive, saying the European Union's promotion of homosexuality has led it to ignore real human rights violations, including the growth of ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi groups.

Since the bill was signed into law, Russia has been the target of a massive international campaign, spearheaded by the European Union and homosexual campaigners at the EU, to overturn it.

A report on human rights to the EU by the Russian government, accuses the EU of “the dissemination of their neo-liberal values as a universal lifestyle for all other members of the international community.”

“This is particularly evident in their aggressive promotion of the sexual minorities' rights,” the report said. “Attempts have been made to enforce on other countries an alien view of homosexuality and same-sex marriages as a norm of life and some kind of a natural social phenomenon that deserves support at the state level.”

This approach, it said, “encounters resistance not only in the countries upholding traditional values, but also in those countries which have always taken a liberal attitude towards queers.”

The 150-page report, titled “Report on the Human Rights Situation in the European Union,” notes that massive opposition – with rallies of up to a million people – against France’s “gay marriage” bill were ignored or condemned by the French Socialist government as well as the EU. “Suffice it to recall the protest reaction of a major part of the French society to the decision on legalization of same-sex marriages in the country,” it said.

It says that while the EU’s obsession with promoting homosexuality has led to suppression of civil liberties, “xenophobia, racism, violent nationalism, chauvinism and neo-Nazism” are growing unchecked across the continent.

“In this context, it is still clear that the existing system of protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms in the EU remains ineffective and [flawed],” the report said. “In the context of financial and economic crisis that continues in Europe, grave violations of the rights of minorities, refugees and migrants are increasing, and social rights of citizens are being infringed upon…The facts proving systematic and mass violations of privacy and infringements on the freedom of speech and media have caused a special concern,” the report said.

At the same time, Svetlana Zhurova, the a gold-medal figure skater and Russian MP and the honorary “mayor” of Sochi’s mountain Olympic village, has defended the law. Zhurova, who voted in favor of the law, told Russian TV channel Dozhd that it was a matter of protecting minors.

“I think they just shouldn't show a cartoon on TV — excuse me, I have two boys — where a king loves another king,” she said to Dozhd, which was repeated in English on Buzzfeed.

The Advocate, a homosexual magazine, reported that Zhurova has also said that other politicians, who will not speak out publicly, have contacted her “to let her know they secretly support” the law.

The law, which has raised fury in other countries, particularly Britain, was passed first on a smaller scale in historic St. Petersburg and nine other Russian jurisdictions, outlaws the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” to minors, including sex of any kind outside of marriage. The law effectively outlaws any observance of the “Gay Pride” movement that dominates many jurisdictions in Europe. The country has also moved to ban the adoption of Russian orphans outside Russia by homosexuals in countries with “gay marriage” or civil union laws.

Britain has pledged to send to the Sochi games the government minister responsible for passing the “same sex marriage” law, as a deliberate act of provocation. The British government announced yesterday that Culture Secretary Maria Miller will attend on Britain`s behalf. “Maria Miller has been a staunch champion of gay equality here in Britain," said Sam Dick, Director of Campaigns, at Stonewall the country’s leading homosexual political lobby.

In addition, the U..S has announced it is deliberately including three openly homosexual athletes in their delegation, and government officials from Germany, France, and the United States have said they will boycott the games.

While it continues to be the target of homosexual supporters outside the country, however, the law enjoys strong support from the Russian public. A 2013 survey found that 74 percent of Russians believe homosexuality should not be accepted by society, up from 60 percent in 2002.

Vitaly Mutko, Russia’s sports minister, accused the international media of fomenting the backlash against the law, saying that up to 88 percent of the Russian population supports it. He and the Russian government continue to insist that it will in no way affect the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: eu; hilarywhite; homosexualagenda; humanrights; humanrightsissues; olympics; russia; sochi; svetlanazhurova; white; winterolympics; zhurova
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To: MuttTheHoople

“The truth about homosexuality and the Nazi Party”-

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/080515


61 posted on 01/18/2014 6:30:01 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: 1rudeboy

The US government has been arming our enemies at least since WW11. Many if not most administrations since the 1800s have intentionally placed enemies in influential positions. The only thing new with Obama is that he has dropped the customary pretense.


62 posted on 01/18/2014 6:41:13 PM PST by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: freedomfiter2

riiight


63 posted on 01/18/2014 6:49:19 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: ReformationFan; All

And there are a lot of HomoPhiles on here attacking Putin and Russia. Scary....


64 posted on 01/18/2014 7:06:46 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: ought-six

Yeah, so what if Russia arms our enemies? It’s all ok if they’re anti-homo.”

Hell, WE arm our enemies!


...and finance them too....see Communist China, North Korea (via free trade w Commie China).


65 posted on 01/18/2014 7:08:54 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: SeminoleCounty

It’s only about Russia defending herself against the moral rot of the West, that everyone of us can see. It is not about Putin arming anybody or suppressing domestic opposition. But the Homophiles are blind to what’s at stake.


66 posted on 01/18/2014 7:09:24 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: GeronL

No more so than the arms Obama funneled into Syria


....Or the funding of arms sales to Pakistan (who hid allegedly Osama bin Laden) via Free Trade with Communist China...


67 posted on 01/18/2014 7:11:05 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: Revolting cat!

I think the problem with men who get an erection when they see an authoritarian politician such as Putin “work his magic,” so to speak, is an overbearing mother in their childhood.


68 posted on 01/18/2014 7:11:44 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Revolting cat!

The Putin haters know everything there is to know about Russia, because, as I’ve learned, they’ve ridden Russian trains.


LOL...Or the new trains Communist China has...


69 posted on 01/18/2014 7:14:40 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: 1rudeboy

I think the problem with the haters of Putin, or on other threads, of Catholicism, is that they don’t see their own ridiculousness, and assume, wrongly every time, that those who see it, are either Putin lovers or Catholics. And every time, they lose, because they’re off target and can’t aim without this equally ridiculous assumption.


70 posted on 01/18/2014 7:14:56 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Ok, I’ll ignore the “Putin for [U.S.] President” comments, and simply think of him as a poor, misunderstood soul. /s


71 posted on 01/18/2014 7:17:49 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Revolting cat!

It’s only about Russia defending herself against the moral rot of the West, that everyone of us can see. It is not about Putin arming anybody or suppressing domestic opposition. But the Homophiles are blind to what’s at stake.


Correct

The biggest critics of Putin right now are Gays, Globalists, and Communists. Putin acts more like the old Tsars of Russia.


72 posted on 01/18/2014 7:20:39 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: SeminoleCounty

Making one wonder, if Xi Jinping made the trains run on time, would you join Willie Green in a Socialist stupor?


73 posted on 01/18/2014 7:21:02 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

If you think that Putin for President slogans are about reality and not symbolism, metaphor and deep meaning, then, if you’re old enough, you must have thought that the Pat Paulsen for President campaign was equally serious and deserved debate on its merit. It’s not the PEOPLE magazine world everywhere!


74 posted on 01/18/2014 7:22:36 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Ok, you made me check your sign-up date (itself, not an issue). So maybe you remember our glorious Soviet FReepers, who come and go, and return and go, and return.


75 posted on 01/18/2014 7:26:02 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Making one wonder, if Xi Jinping made the trains run on time, would you join Willie Green in a Socialist stupor


This coming from the resident Pinko Commie on this forum....


76 posted on 01/18/2014 7:26:39 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I have been saying that exact same thing here at FR since forever, that Americans have become so illiterate about our own Constitution that they have been easily fooled into mistaking libertinism for real freedom.


77 posted on 01/18/2014 7:27:28 PM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: SeminoleCounty
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin.
And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

--Ronald Reagan


78 posted on 01/18/2014 7:28:36 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: mrsmel

Its high time for a new day in America!


79 posted on 01/18/2014 7:47:14 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: Viennacon

It’s okay that the govt spies on US citizens, because that’s just a phony scandal. The IRS can target political enemies, because that’s just a phony scandal too. Hey, but you don’t dare speak out against the gay agenda. You need to have it shoved in your face. You need a visit from the DOJ. Britain deserves a comeuppance for this and they’ll probably eventually get one.


80 posted on 01/18/2014 7:58:42 PM PST by virgil
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