Russian Orthodox Church calls for nationwide ban on homosexualist propaganda aimed at minors
Image via Wikipedia March 13, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Officials of the Russian Orthodox Church are hailing a new law signed recently by St. Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko , which prohibits homosexualist propaganda targeting minors, and asking that it be extended to the whole country. “The law passed in St. Petersburg will help protect children from information manipulations by minorities promoting sodomy,” said Dimitri Pershin, a Russian Orthodox priest and expert with the State Duma Committee on Family, Women, and Children, in an interview with the Russian news agency Interfax. “The persistence of sexual minorities and their intention to rally near children’s establishments indicate that this regional law is highly needed and should be urgently given federal status,” Pershin said, referring to homosexualist activist Nikolay Alexeyev ’s stated intention to organize rallies near children’s establishments to protest the new law. Vsevolod Chaplin, a spokesman for Moscow’s