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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gays gassed at event in Russia [View all]
I'm unsure if this belongs in LBN or somewhere else, but I'm posting this here.
Renowned Russian homophobe and St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, reportedly showed up with Russian Orthodox activists at a gay rights event in St. Petersburg, Russia, yesterday, doused the attendees with a green antisceptic liquid, and then gassed the room.
Several attendees fell ill from the gas, according to a report from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Milonov is the author of the local St. Petersburg version of a series of draconian gay propaganda laws that have caused quite a stir in the past two years.
Milonov is no stranger to controversy, and has disrupted gay events before. Among other things, Milonov has claimed that homosexuality can be cured through fasting and prayer.
Several attendees fell ill from the gas, according to a report from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Milonov is the author of the local St. Petersburg version of a series of draconian gay propaganda laws that have caused quite a stir in the past two years.
Milonov is no stranger to controversy, and has disrupted gay events before. Among other things, Milonov has claimed that homosexuality can be cured through fasting and prayer.
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Nationalistic, fascistic, homophobic antisemite. Hmmm there's a term for that...
stevenleser
Sep 2014
#4
He asks perfectly reasonable questions, and the guy just evades, evades, evades. Typical.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2014
#33
Milonov should have fasted and prayed to prove he knows how to cure the homosexuals. Instead
B Calm
Sep 2014
#12
Let's just say history tends to repeat itself, especially when people don't remember.
William769
Sep 2014
#28