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Originally Posted by Pointman
It is not argument, it is a question. You are so much for human rights and I wonder, why you go after $150 fine law and not death penalty law. Seems like a valid question to me.
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Doesn't a rainbow patch do both?
But even if it didn't, some reasons to target the Russian law are:
- with the Olympics in Russia, advocates have a mechanism with which they can apply pressure
- pressure is more likely to be effective in a country that is not a theocracy, and that didn't have this law a few months ago
Undoubtedly, the death penalty for homosexually is a far greater violation of human rights than the russian law is, but russian law is perceived as much easier to influence, and thus an appropriate path forward in what is ultimately a global campaign. It's a matter of picking the winnable battles as a way to keep making progress.