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Russian city bans spreading of 'homosexual propaganda'
Source: USA Today
Feb 09, 2012
Russian city bans spreading of 'homosexual propaganda'
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY
Updated 1h 45m ago
Under a new bill passed by the Russian city of St. Petersburg, individuals and organizations can be fined for spreading "homosexual propaganda" in the presence of children, RT Russia reports.
The bill bans the dissemination of information "which could cause damage to the health or moral and spiritual development of minors, including by inducing them to form warped perceptions that traditional and non-traditional married relations are equally socially acceptable," according to the the British newspaper The Independent.
"Propaganda" is defined by the bill as "enticements, positive opinions and comments that promote non-traditional sexual and family relations to minors."
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The measure now needs only to go through the formality of a third reading in the St. Petersburg assembly to become law. Only one party, the small liberal Yabloko Party, opposed the bill.
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Russian city bans spreading of 'homosexual propaganda'
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY
Updated 1h 45m ago
Under a new bill passed by the Russian city of St. Petersburg, individuals and organizations can be fined for spreading "homosexual propaganda" in the presence of children, RT Russia reports.
The bill bans the dissemination of information "which could cause damage to the health or moral and spiritual development of minors, including by inducing them to form warped perceptions that traditional and non-traditional married relations are equally socially acceptable," according to the the British newspaper The Independent.
"Propaganda" is defined by the bill as "enticements, positive opinions and comments that promote non-traditional sexual and family relations to minors."
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The measure now needs only to go through the formality of a third reading in the St. Petersburg assembly to become law. Only one party, the small liberal Yabloko Party, opposed the bill.
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Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/02/ban-homosexual-gay-propaganda-russia-st-petersburg/1
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