St. Petersburg legislators pass law prohibiting promotion of homosexuality among minors including gay pride marches
Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia The legislative assembly of St. Petersburg, Russia ’s second largest city, has approved a law prohibiting exposing minors to homosexualist and pedophile propaganda. Twenty-nine out of the assembly’s 50 members voted in favor of the measure, which will now be sent to the city’s governor for his signature. The Moscow Times reports that other Russian cities are considering similar bills. St. Petersburg governor George Poltavechenko told reporters today that he had not yet seen the bill, but “if it conforms to applicable federal law, then anything is possible.” If passed, the bill will subject individuals who violate the law to a fine of up to 5,000 rubles ($172), and organizations to a fine of up to 500,000 rubles ($17,200). Vladimir Legoida, a spokesman for the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church , hailed the measure and dismissed critics who claim it violates “human rights,” noting that “a global trend in such matters is not an a