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Originally Posted by photon
So explain it!
What harm does this law address? Be specific.
A whole nation used to support slavery, and there was a reason for it (many reasons!). Doesn't make it right or the reason right.
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The law was introduced, according to the government, to protect gay people, because being gay "incites hate". Here is the law if anyone is interested:
Propaganda is the act of distributing information among minors that 1) is aimed at the creating nontraditional sexual attitudes, 2) makes nontraditional sexual relations attractive, 3) equates the social value of traditional and nontraditional sexual relations, or 4) creates an interest in nontraditional sexual relations.
So basically, as a homosexual, you cannot:
Talk about your lifestyle
Publicly display your lifestyle
Claim that your lifestyle is in any way equal to that of heterosexuality
Suggest or overtly claim that being gay is "ok"
Promote homosexuality in any way
The further issue, is that this law goes against Russia's criminal code which prevents the criminalisation of propaganda involving legal activities, this is according the former Deputy Prime Minister Zhukov. He also states that the law contracts article 29 of the Russian constitution, and article 8, 10, and 13 of the European Convention on human rights. Added to this, is the act that the government has not defined "propaganda" or "nontraditional sexual relations" in this context, allowing them to essentially use the law as they see fit.
That is a clear, concise, factual, and elaborate explanation of the law, a law which was turned down in 2004 and 2006 by Zhukov, a law that hasn't changed since it was turned down 6 years ago, but is suddenly acceptable now despite it's many legal and technical problems.
Even if you don't like gay people, you HAVE to see how ridiculous it is to make a law that purposely circumvents other laws while flying in the face of your own countries constitution.