ST. PETERSBURG, June 28 (RAPSI) A St. Petersburg court has ordered a gay rights activist to pay compensation to the lawmaker responsible for the city s controversial law banning gay propaganda. n
The Oktyabrsky District Court this week ordered Nikolai Alekseyev to pay 10,000 rubles ($300) to local legislator Vitaly Milonov in compensation for the litigation cost of one of the five defamation lawsuits that Alekseyev lost against Milonov.n
Milonov said the activist sued him after the lawmaker, known for his outspoken views on homosexuality and religion, sent him greetings on March 8, which is a public holiday in Russia celebrating Women’s Day.n
“He was on TV the day before the holiday and he mentioned having a husband,” Milonov said. “I thought it would be polite to send the wife a traditional holiday greeting. He felt insulted, but I didn’t know things were different with them. I simply thought that if someone is referred to as a husband, the other one is supposed to be a wife, even if of an unconventional kind. But it turned out they were both husbands.”n
Alekseyev told RIA Novosti that he planned to appeal the ruling in the St. Petersburg City Court. “We will definitely appeal this decision,” he said.n
The law setting fines for “gay propaganda” came into force in St. Petersburg on March 30, 2012. It faced strong criticism from the LGBT community and rights activists both in Russia and abroad, but a similar federal bill was approved this week by the upper house of the Russian parliament.n
The Petersburg law bans the propaganda among minors of homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality, and makes the offense which has never clearly been defined by lawmakers punishable by a fine of 5,000 rubles ($157) for individuals, 50,000 rubles ($1,570) for officials and 250,000-500,000 rubles ($7,854-$15,710) for companies.n
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|LoginPassword?Remember me!bielecSemantics 12:38, 28/06/2013Banning gay propaganda is not a controversial law . What is controversial is gay propaganda and gay agenda. It used to be called pervert. I guess the meaning of concepts is changing with the new mentality engineered for the new world order.
Whatever way people have sex, should remain private and confidential. There is no need for any propaganda , especially one that would be presented openly to our children and youth.
As a society, we may help people who are ill or genetically handicapped, but we will not bear costs of upholding and promoting abnormality.
Homosexualism is biologically abnormal. Scientifically, the function of sex is multiplication – that s normal. Gays cannot multiply. Therefore, they need propaganda to recruit our children.moistSelf centered sodomites and… 12:51, 28/06/2013…their foreign Soros-funded professional provocateurs are banned from flashing their genitals and simulate sex in public shame parades, so bad. Live with it and do whatever disgusting activities you like to perform in your own bedrooms.
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