Quickie Link [1]: Moscow Will Have Its Second Gay Pride Festival on 26-27 May [2]

By : vanrozenheim on Apr 26, 2007 - 11:45 PM
GeneralNews [3]
(Moscow, Russia) - President Putin and Luzhkov are stifling basic rights of ordinary people and their social groups which are highly non-political, confirming authoritarian regime in the country. Russia's christian, judaism and muslim leaders are united in demanding the suppression of "Moscow Gay Pride." Their encouragement of homophobic prejudice makes a mockery of their pious claims that their faith is about love and compassion. The Moscow Pride marchers were the victims of state repression on May 27 last year. They were not the first victims of Russia's reemerging authoritarian state, and who will be next?

Note: Read full article on Gay Russia [4]
Links
  [1] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=5&lead=1
  [2] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1072&lead=1
  [3] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=1&lead=1
  [4] http://www.gayrussia.ru/en/news/detail.php?ID=9068