“Violence Breaks Up Illegal Homosexual Parade”
Russia decriminalized homosexual activities in 1993.
MOSCOW, Russia, May 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Violence broke out between demonstrators and opponents at an unauthorized Gay Pride parade in Moscow on Saturday. Police said over 120 arrests were made in the city center, reported Interfax.
Despite a ban by the city government, upheld by a Moscow district court on Friday, homosexual activists flouted the law and went ahead with a “gay pride” parade. The ban on the parade was supported by all major religious groups in the city.
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The “homosexual activists” some may sneer at know a great deal more about courage and holding onto the traditional values of liberty and justice than most Americans. Its easy to condemn and be brave from a distance, but have you ever put your own personal safety on the line in pursuit of an ideal?
And do note that the violence did not come from the “homosexual activists”, but from religious and ultra-nationalist groups. It is telling that among the few things that Islamists and Orthodox Christians and Jews agree upon is their hatred of homosexuals. Last year in Jerusalem during a gay and lesbian march, 3 people were stabbed by an orthodox Jew. [Administrator: calumny deleted]
Comment by Patrick (gryph) — May 30, 2006 @ 4:22 pm
It is telling that among the few things that Islamists and Orthodox Christians and Jews agree upon is their hatred of homosexuals.
Patrick, this is the logical fallacy of hasty generalization or a caricature of the actual position of most Christians. This is similar to prescinding from Jeffery Dalmer and saying that all people engaging in SSA are homicidal cannibals. Both are untrue and inaccurate.
As for the rest of your calumny, it has been deleted until you can provide sources to substantiate such ridiculous claims.
Comment by David — May 30, 2006 @ 6:26 pm
Our way of life, our morals and our tradition — our morals are cleaner in all ways. The West has something to learn from us and should not race along in this mad licentiousness. We may have a democratic country, but we live in an organized country and an organized city. These gays wanted to lay flowers at the grave of the unknown warrior. This is a provocation. These gays go there, and openly go up to the monument. It is a contamination. People burst through and of course they beat them up.
—Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, defending his handling of the gay rights march last weekend.
Comment by Jody — May 31, 2006 @ 9:55 am
From Times London:
Kolbe did endorse the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the existence of a Masonic-Jewish conspiracy”.
Even a screed defending him is forced to admit this:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/6260
[Administrator: deleted bad link to an anti-Catholic propaganda article]
Comment by Patrick (gryph) — May 31, 2006 @ 1:35 pm
Even a screed defending him is forced to admit this
It’s screed because? The link you provide summarizes the content of St. Maximillian’s corpus of writing and shows that his accepting a false document as true is a far cry from anti-semitism. I suspect it is screed because you have no argument against its facts.
Your citation from the a jaundiced Times article does nothing to further your case. It simply restates the unjustified opposition of a few to internal Catholic matters. You seem so very willing to uncritically accept slurs that you easily fall into the same trap that St. Maximillian fell into, though I would add his was a much more innocent acceptance of what appeared to be authentic at the time than your biased view.
Patrick the problem you exhibit is an irrational animus against an institution because it tells you, in all charity I might add, something you do not want to hear. Your response could be to ignore it or to respond to the issue. Rather, you choose to attack people’s characters in an attempt to undermine their credibility. This is the response of someone who deep down recognizes they have no solid foundation upon which to do so. You join the ranks of those who in futility have tried to change or destroy the Christ’s Church over the last 2000 years. Let me give you a hint; it is not coming down through human effort, especially not based upon lies. If you really are convinced that it is wrong, history would advise your better bet would be prayer…though I would preface any prayer with a petition to be open to the truth.
Comment by David — May 31, 2006 @ 3:22 pm