Tag Archives: Russia

The honorary mayor of Sochi’s Olympic Village is defending Russia’s anti-gay laws, which she voted for in the DUMA. Svetlana Zhurova, a gold medal-winning figure skater and lawmaker in the Russian parliament who voted for the bill last June, said in an interview on the independent Russian TV channel Dozhd that she “voted to stop people promoting it to minors.” …

Jeremy Hooper reports that hate group leader Brian Brown, who already spreads his evil bigotry into foreign countries, has joined the board of directors of the international anti-gay coalition, CitizenGO. CitizenGO, which is based in Madrid (where Brian recently delivered a speech), is essentially a petitioning platform focused on global issues. In addition to considerable focus on marriage inequality, CitizenGO …

“Given the incessant threats, provocations and insults from the sodomites in respect of my friends, associates and their familes, I have resigned. People close to me do not have to suffer from my public position from which I will never give up. Sodom and Gomorrah must be destroyed!” – Ivan Okhlobystin, announcing his resignation as the creative director for Euroset, …

The U.S. State Department today issued an updated travel advisory for Americans planning to attend the Sochi Olympics. An excerpt: MEDICAL CARE: The Olympics are the first large-scale event to be held in Sochi and medical capacity and infrastructure in the region are untested for handling the volume of visitors expected for the Olympics. Medical care in many Russian localities …

Days after a similar demand from Russian actor Ivan “Burn Gays Alive” Okhlobystin, the Russian Orthodox Church has called for a public referendum to criminalize homosexual acts. The Church’s abrupt intervention came amid a growing debate over whether the Kremlin should mount a firmer defence of traditional values that many in the overwhelmingly conservative country view as coming under attack …

Wanted by Russian and Ukrainian authorities for brutally attacking and humiliating gay men and teenagers, infamous Russian gay-basher Maxim “The Cleaver” Martsinkevich has fled to Cuba. Vocativ reports: According to posts on Martsinkevich’s VKontakte social networking page, he was in Cuba as early as December 10. According to the visa agreement between Russia and Cuba, Russians are allowed to stay …

Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin, who made international headlines last month when he declared that gays should be burned alive in furnaces, is calling upon Vladimir Putin to criminalize homosexuality. Via Russia’s official news agency RIA Novosti: A controversial sitcom star-cum-priest asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring back a Soviet law criminalizing “sodomy.” Not doing so would give “sodomites a …

NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas yesterday vowed that his network will not ignore Russia’s anti-gay laws during their coverage of the Sochi Olympics. “If Putin doesn’t drag his butt into the studio, then we’ll talk about it without him,” Costas said during an Olympics press preview. “But if he shows up, we’d rather talk to him. Wouldn’t you rather hear …

Three-times-failed GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan has written a World Net Daily column in which he calls on President Obama to attend the Sochi Olympics in solidarity against the recent terrorist attacks in Russia. Vladimir Putin, who has his prestige fully invested in the Sochi games, would see this as a magnanimous gesture, a reaching out of America’s hand, to …

Glenn Beck appeared on CNN several days ago to declare that he stands with GLAAD against Russia’s “hetero-fascism.” Beck said he would gladly stand with GLAAD in the fight against Russia’s “hetero-fascist” laws criminalizing public homosexuality. Beck told Cupp that he finds it ridiculous that Americans were debating Santa Claus’ race and a comment made by a Duck Dynasty star …

“When the president named the delegation, and I read in the news what his message was of tolerance and diversity, I thought, I have to take this opportunity. I think the message is so strong. I’ve always wanted to represent my country as best I could, and I knew that I had to go past my comfort zone and reveal …

After two terrorist attacks that left dozens dead in Volgograd, the United States today offered to aid Russia’s security program at the Sochi Olympics. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach condemned the bombings as “a despicable attack on innocent people. “The entire international movement joins me in utterly condemning this cowardly act,” Bach said in a statement, adding that he …

“Our embrace of people like Tammy Bruce and Camille Paglia (as brilliant as the latter may be to quote on feminist issues) is the ‘synthesis’ phase of the Hegelian dialectic and poisonous to our theology and agenda. The rise of ‘conservative’ homosexuals is a ruse to sucker us into endorsing ‘gay rights’ in a slightly different form. Think about it …

Anna Leach reports at Gay Star News: Protestors gate-crashed a Coca-Cola Christmas PR stunt in London’s Covent Garden today, in opposition to the global brand’s sponsorship of the Sochi Olympics. The gay rights activists, including Peter Tatchell, tried to climb on the roof of the Coca-Cola truck parked in the center of London on one of the busiest Christmas shopping …

In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Billie Jean King said that the US Sochi delegation might wave rainbow flags. “Maybe we should wave rainbow flags or something, I don’t know,” she said, drawing an analogy to the Black Power salute – a raised fist – given by two American athletes at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. “As long as …

From the Human Rights Campaign: Just 50 days from the start of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, HRC announced today our first contribution to the Russia Freedom Fund in the amount of $100,000. The donation was made possible because individuals from around the world have joined HRC’s “Love Conquers Hate” campaign, which is raising awareness about the Russian government outlawing …

“It’s obviously a statement that’s being made, but I think it’s an incredibly respectful one. Basically, the White House is highlighting Americans who know what it means to have freedoms and liberties under the constitution. That’s really what we’re representing in Sochi and it’s not at all different from what’s espoused in the spirit of Olympism. So I think it’s …

Via press release from the White House: The Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russian Federation will be held on February 7, 2014. The delegation will attend athletic events, meet with U.S. athletes, and attend the Opening Ceremony. The Honorable Janet A. Napolitano, President of the University of California, will lead the delegation. The Honorable Michael …

“America was de-Christianized in the second half of the 20th century by court orders, over the vehement objections of a huge majority of a country that was overwhelmingly Christian. And same-sex marriage is indeed an ‘abstract’ idea unrooted in the history or tradition of the West. Where did it come from? Peoples all over the world, claims Putin, are supporting …

Bryan Fischer wants homosexuality recriminalized in the United States and he wouldn’t mind seeing millions of gay Americans imprisoned, but he doesn’t want us marched into ovens like that Russian actor. So he says.