Russian lawmaker proposes constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

[Behind the Aegis]

Russian Pensioners Party leader Igor Zotov wants to amend his country’s constitution to make it absolutely clear that Russia considers only marriages between men and women to be valid.

Russia does not currently allow same-sex couples to wed and restricts LGBTI people’s rights to express their identity publicly but Zotov is concerned that the definition of what constitutes a family in the Russian Constitution is too vague.

Article 38 of the Russian Constitution mentions ‘family’ but does not go into detail as what defines a family.

Zotov wants to insert language that states ‘Motherhood and childhood, family and marriage as a voluntary union between a man and a woman are under the protection of the state.’

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poll conducted by the Levada Public Opinion Center in May of 2013 found that 85% percent of adult Russians were strongly against a law that would allow same-sex marriage.

entire article: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/russian-lawmaker-proposes-constitutional-ban-same-sex-marriage030414

[davidpdx]

1. Hold on where is the usual whiners who bitch and moan

"Oh we aren't doing enough in Uganda, and this place and that and we don't have any right to care. Blah, blah, blah. We just make it worse for gay people in Russia"

Yeah that's what I though.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Maybe it was too early.

This proposed law sounds almost like the shit the RW here tried to pull back in the early 90's. Seems the Russian government is desperately trying to go back in time.