Quickie Link [1]: Russian Church backs ban on gay pride parade in Moscow [2]

By : vanrozenheim on Jan 30, 2007 - 10:14 AM
Religion [3]
(Moscow, Russia) - The Russian Orthodox Church supports the Moscow authorities' decision to ban a gay pride parade in the Russian capital. "I believe that in the 21st century people will realize the malignancy of perversions opposing the family in its natural form as bestowed by God," Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, deputy head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, told Interfax. Father Vsevolod described Luzhkov as "a responsible politician, who heeds the opinion of his people."

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  [1] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=5&lead=1
  [2] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=455&lead=1
  [3] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=9&lead=1
  [4] http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=2536