AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE reports:

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak on Friday backed a controversial regional bill proposed by the ruling United Russia party to issue fines for “propaganda of homosexuality.”

Speaking in Saint Petersburg, where city lawmakers have backed the bill in its first reading, Kozak said he supported the bid to introduce fines for “disgusting activity,” the Interfax news agency reported.

The bill proposed by United Russia would introduce fines of up to 50,000 rubles ($1,625) for “public acts aimed at promoting homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality and transgender identity to minors.”

The deputy prime minister, a close ally of premier Vladimir Putin, spoke alongside the regional governor, Georgy Poltavchenko, who said the bill would “benefit public morality,” Interfax reported.

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Samson writes:

I read about this the other week. It is fantastic, and would have been within the bounds of acceptable political discourse in the West at any time prior to the past several decades. I bet that you have readers who can remember when this would have seemed reasonable in America.

It makes me consider the cyclical, malleable nature of human society. Supposedly, we “won” the Cold War, but in America and Canada today, media and every level government are pushing homosexuality with great vigour. Not only that, but decent people who refuse to participate in the celebration of homosexuality meet with increasingly fierce legal repercussions.

By contrast, the Russian government is doing something wonderful – protecting the nation in with action that no Western politician has the fortitude to undertake. And we think we are the good guys anymore? Where is the line at which we say, “Hey, we’ve become the bad guys”?

Laura writes:

The New York Times would have to pay thousands of dollars in fines for every single issue if this bill were adopted here.

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