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William769

(55,145 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 08:07 PM Feb 2014

Antigay Russian Journalist Receives Presidential Humanitarian Award

The Russian journalist who said gay people's hearts should be burned or buried because they're not fit for transplantation has been selected by President Vladimir Putin to receive an award — for humanitarianism.

Dmitry Kiselyov, appointed by Putin in December to head the government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya, was listed as recipient of the Order of Service to the Fatherland in a decree signed by the president Thursday, The Moscow Times reports. The award acknowledges his contributions to the nation's social and economic development and his "services in the humanitarian sphere, strengthening of the rule of law, protection of the rights and interests of citizens, and many years of diligent work.”

Last August, in an appearance on a Russian TV program, Kiselyov said the nation's so-called gay propaganda law is insufficient. "I think that just imposing fines on gays for homosexual propaganda among teenagers is not enough," he said. "They should be banned from donating blood, sperm. And their hearts, in case of the automobile accident, should be buried in the ground or burned as unsuitable for the continuation of life."

http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2014/02/18/antigay-russian-journalist-receives-presidential-humanitarian-award

UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE!

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Antigay Russian Journalist Receives Presidential Humanitarian Award (Original Post) William769 Feb 2014 OP
Fucking Putin.. Cha Feb 2014 #1
For humanitarianism of all things! William769 Feb 2014 #2
He's an absolute POS! He should be internationally arrested for crimes against humanity! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #4
... William769 Feb 2014 #5
The new Russia, brought to you by Putin and the KGB. I find him disgusting to RKP5637 Feb 2014 #3
Kicking for the night owls. William769 Feb 2014 #6
Putin is a filthy, disgusting pig theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #7
This is a further finger to the "West" and gay people. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #8

Cha

(297,154 posts)
1. Fucking Putin..
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 08:15 PM
Feb 2014
"The Russian journalist who said gay people's hearts should be burned or buried because they're not fit for transplantation has been selected by President Vladimir Putin to receive an award — for humanitarianism."

mahalo William

Behind the Aegis

(53,951 posts)
8. This is a further finger to the "West" and gay people.
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 01:06 AM
Feb 2014

Personally, I think this shit in Russia may have emboldened other places. It could be a coincidence, but the number of countries passing these regressive anti-gay laws is getting absurd.

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