Russia bans adoptions from countries that allow gay marriage

[pampango]

Decree aimed at 'protecting children's psyche' from the 'undesirable effects' of exposure to unconventional sexual relationships

British citizens could be barred from adopting Russian children under a decree outlawing adoptions from countries with gay marriage signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The amendments to the Russian adoption law that were signed by Mr Medvedev include a bar on adoptions by "those in a same-sex union recognized as a marriage and registered an accordance with the law of states in which such marriage is allowed, and also citizens of such states who are not married."

The new wording of the law suggests that married heterosexual couples from countries that allow gay marriage will not be affected by the changes, though Russian media reported the law as a blanket ban.

Russian law previously allowed unmarried Russian or foreign citizens to adopt after undergoing background checks. While the decree does not mention countries by name, gay marriage is currently legal in 15 countries, including France, Spain and Canada.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10635821/Russia-bans-adoptions-from-countries-that-allow-gay-marriage.html

The hits just keep on coming. We get it. You don't like gays, want to "protect" children from them and hate gay marriage.

Guess this is a peek at what the US would look like if our own fundamentalist wackos ever took total power nationally.

[Dorian Gray]

1. I think it's a peek at what the US could look like

but varied opinion here and activists in many areas keep it from looking like this.

Russia just keeps going backwards and backwards. It's sad.

[joshcryer]

2. The problem is that oblasts are appointed, not elected.

So there's a massive level of corruption. It's no surprise that the gay laws passed in oblasts before they passed at at parliamentary level. They got just the right people appointed, then they pushed their agenda.

I don't think that could happen so easily in the United States.

Putin played it well.