I thought DU was pro gay rights??? (Genuinely hurt)

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28. There's a certain element on here who puff up Putin because

he's their latest hero to save them from Pres Obama.

But, there are so many on this board who stand up for Gay Rights in Russia..

Like this post of mine from August 9th..

Dustin Lance Black Urges Hollywood to Confront Russia's Anti-Gay Laws



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The Oscar-winning writer implores industry readers of The Hollywood Reporter to use their voice -- and economic clout -- to counter Vladimir Putin.

The path of history is littered with moments when progress in this country blinds us to appalling crimes against humanity elsewhere. At this very moment in Russia, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are facing harassment, arrest and violence under a set of horrific new laws. For their sake, we must take off the blinders and break this cycle of inaction. Hollywood is in a unique position to lead in this fight. The question now is, will we?

For LGBT Americans and the countless advocates in Hollywood who have helped champion the cause of full equality for all, these past few months have been filled with hope and celebration. Every day it seems we are taking a new step forward in this country. The dangerous temptation, however, is that we become content. Just days after the Supreme Court made so many of us feel more American with a pair of favorable marriage-equality rulings, on the other side of the globe, Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted some of the most vehemently anti-gay laws the world has ever known. The most dangerous weapon he has against his own LGBT citizens is the apathy that may spring from international ignorance and our own potential domestic contentment.

Even worse than what these Russian laws target is what they tolerate. Hate is spreading to all corners of Russian society. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church called marriage equality a "sign of the apocalypse." Roving groups of skinheads have attacked LGBT pride demonstrations, leaving blood on public streets.
There are even profoundly disturbing reports of thugs posing as teenagers on the Internet and luring gay youth out into the open and then harassing, torturing and humiliating these young people before releasing videos of their tortured victims online."

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"Because the truth is, the other thing that will soon be noted by Putin and LGBT Russians alike is our industry's silence and apathy. And LGBT Russians living in fear and putting their lives on the line deserve better than our inaction and silence.".

There's More..
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/russias-anti-gay-laws-dustin-600437

Dustin Lance Black

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Lance_Black

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023430113

Good wrap up of PBO's record on GLBT Rights, NewsCenter..

"So....a President that has done more for gay rights than any U.S. president in history from benefit coverage to federal employees, to repeal of DADT, to not enforcing DOMA, to supporting same sex marriage to arguing against Prop 8 and DOMA at the Supreme Court and whose 2 justice appointments were critical in getting these 2 acts overturned, is much maligned on DU while a person who does not subscribe to the human values that I thought most of us here on DU did subscribe to (that's why I've been here as a lurker and poster for 6 years now!) is elevated to folk hero status".