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Religions > Atheism |
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"bobandcarole" |
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28 May 2007 09:05:20 AM |
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Death to Homosexuals in Russia |
Russian nationalists shouting "death to homosexuals" punched and
kicked demonstrators calling for the right to hold a Gay Pride parade
in central Moscow on Sunday while riot police detained dozens of gay
protesters.
Two European parliamentarians were among those held as they tried to
present a petition asking Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who has called
gay marches satanic acts, to lift a ban on the parade.
Nationalists and extreme Russian Orthodox believers held icons and
denounced homosexuality as "evil" while a group of thick-set young men
turned up with surgeon's masks, which they said would protect them
from the "gay disease".
"We are defending our rights," said a young gay man named Alexey, with
blood pouring from his nose after he was beaten up by a man screaming
"homosexuals are perverts" opposite the mayor's office. His attacker
was detained.
"This is terrible but I am not scared. This is a pretty scary place, a
pretty scary country if you are gay. But we won't give up until they
allow us our rights," he said.
Hundreds of riot police lined Tverskaya street in central Moscow and
plain-clothes police mingled with a large number of foreign and
Russian journalists.
Parade organiser Nikolai Alexeyev said by telephone from a police
station that about 30 gay activists had been detained. A police
spokesman said 31 people were detained.
"We are sitting in the police station right now. We were detained
outside the mayor's office when we tried to present the petition,"
said Alexeyev. "They are keeping us in the cells overnight and we will
be in court tomorrow."
Marco Cappato, an Italian member of the EU parliament, was also
detained at the protest but later released.
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| User: "Robert" |
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| Title: Re: Death to Homosexuals in Russia |
30 May 2007 06:09:07 PM |
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On Wed, 30 May 2007 12:04:19 -0500, " Death" <Death@yourdoor.net>
wrote:
"enquiring mind" <braindead@braindead.com> wrote in message
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Unhappy people have many problems and one of them
is not being happy ...
Wow, dude that is deep.
I think that is a Bush quote.
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Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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| User: " Death" |
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| Title: Re: Death to Homosexuals in Russia |
30 May 2007 04:50:11 PM |
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"Robert" <robpar@netportusa.com> wrote in message
news:6v0s53ltn7e5sm3eflqqhq4806dnbo684s@4ax.com...
On Wed, 30 May 2007 12:04:19 -0500, " Death" <Death@yourdoor.net>
wrote:
"enquiring mind" <braindead@braindead.com> wrote in message
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Unhappy people have many problems and one of them
is not being happy ...
Wow, dude that is deep.
I think that is a Bush quote.
So you think he stole that line?
Here is a good one:
I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
G W Bush
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