{"id":261631,"date":"2022-11-25T07:38:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261631"},"modified":"2022-11-26T08:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T08:26:30","slug":"russia-passes-law-banning-lgbt-propaganda-among-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261631","title":{"rendered":"Russia passes law banning \u2018LGBT propaganda\u2019 among adults"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sjotr Sauer \u2013 The Guardian Nov 24, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Russia\u2019s parliament has passed the third and final reading of a law banning \u201cLGBT propaganda\u201d among all adults, as Moscow ramps up its conservative push at home amid the war in Ukraine that passed the nine-month mark on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The bill criminalises any act regarded as an attempt to promote what Russia calls \u201cnon-traditional sexual relations\u201d \u2013 in film, online, advertising or in public \u2013 and expands on a notorious<\/a> 2013 law that banned \u201cpropaganda of nontraditional sexual relations\u201d among minors and was used to detain gay rights activists.<\/p>\n

Under the new law, individuals can be fined up to 400,000 roubles (\u00a35,400) and organisations 5m roubles (\u00a368,500) for \u201cpropagandising nontraditional sexual relations\u201d, while foreigners could face up to 15 days\u2019 arrest and expulsion from Russia.<\/p>\n

Human rights groups and LGBTQ+ activists say the extension of the law means any act or public mention of same-sex relationships is functionally being outlawed.<\/p>\n

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is expected to sign the bill in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has launched a fresh effort to promote \u201ctraditional values\u201d, with the Russian leader making anti-gay rhetoric one of the cornerstones of his political agenda.<\/p>\n

In a recent speech, Putin accused the west of \u201cmoving towards open satanism\u201d, citing the promotion of gay and transgender rights in Europe<\/a> as an example.<\/p>\n

Alexander Khinshtein, a senior lawmaker and one of the bill\u2019s designers, said the war in Ukraine had given the proposed anti-LGBTQ+ law \u201cnew relevance\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe special military operation takes place not only on the battlefield but also in the minds and souls of people,\u201d Khinshtein said, referring to the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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Introducing children to the idea of same sex couples while they are still too young to understand the implications. In plain language that’s indoctrination<\/p><\/div>\n

In an earlier discussion of the bill, Khinshtein targeted the popular children\u2019s cartoon Peppa Pig, after a lesbian couple joined its cast of characters in an episode titled Families.<\/p>\n

Patriarch Kirill<\/a>, the head of the Russian Orthodox church and a close ally of Putin, also backed the new law. In an earlier sermon, Kirill bizarrely blamed the country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine on gay pride parades.<\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russian parliament approves legislation that criminalizes anything seen as promoting \u201cnon-traditional sexual relations\u201d. Foreigners engaged in such activity will be liable to imprisonment in Russia followed by deportation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-russia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=261631"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261637,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261631\/revisions\/261637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=261631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=261631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=261631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}