[elhombrelibre]

His dominant concern is power and money. He's worth $75 billion. Again, I wrote that his followers, the Putinistas, believe he's in accord with them. A man who can go from working for the KGB for 16 years, a man who was KGB Colonel, who now says he's the champion of the Christian faith, is easily capable of using the gay issues as boob bait for dupes. I believe he's posing as a gay hater. He may be gay for all I know. But ultimately, what he says and does is not about Christian doctrine.

[Mount Athos]

Your actual quote was,
“and he hates the gay agenda enough to make it his dominant concern”

You clearly weren’t referring to his supporters when you wrote that.

You were claiming that Putin’s dominant concern was being anti-gay.

Meaning all the power he was gathering was ultimately for the primary purpose of attacking gays.

Which directly contradicts your claim that he is simply using the gay issue in a populist way to gain power without having any real interest in it.