Hard to know what all Putin will do to put a good face on the Olympics. But one has to remember that, while he tried mightily, even Stalin couldn’t round up all the “street kids” in his time. He had more camps than Putin ever even imagined for them, but they still roamed the streets of Russian cities.
Very well stated. I agree.
At all kinds of international events, sporting and other, the participants are generally briefed about local customs and possible cultural differences. Any athlete who wants to participate in an international event should have the grace to behave appropriately and not to offend local customs. If you don’t want to be considerate of the local customs and laws, stay home. If you are that rude, you have no business representing your country abroad anyway.
Talk about “human rights”, China presented an exemplary face and few complained. The U.S. is not involved with Russian policies.
Support Putin you might as well support Assad and say he is just misunderstood. I am surprised you think so lowly of Obama. Considering that Romney was so bad in your opinion, you are smart enough to know that by not voting for Romney you are really supporting Obama.
One of the fundamental flaws in liberal ideologies in America is the mandate that you cannot oppose that idelogy usually by coercion or force of law. Hence, the suppression of religious expression, speech, and the advent of political correctness.
Yes, better to let is rise to levels of pol Pot and Staling before we try to snuff it out.
What does the Russian Revolution have to do with the Olympics?
Too busy studying a map with names like Gaul, Babylon, and Atlantis. Be patient.Pagan’s not returned to explain himself/herself.
“Heather Has Two Mommies” anybody? It’s a pro-homosexual book that is geared for children in kindergarten.
I see them creating heroic characters in children’s television programming and making them seem “normal.”
Again, “Heather Has Two Mommies,” and the like.
Brutishness on behalf of Russians is to be expected. They have never known anything other than totalitarian and oppressive regimes for their entire history, from the days of the Mongol Yoke right to the present thugocracy.
As a Catholic I don’t believe that “two mommies” is the best environment for a child, and I would teach my children that the best environment is a mother and a father.
:yawn:Yes, it is repugnant to see “Americans” like Bush, Obama, McCain, Graham, etc. and their Israeli/Saudi-Firster backers, go down the totalitarian path at home (PRISM, Abortion, Gay “marriage”, etc.) and abroad (a decade of reckless, demonic warmongering).
Will you teach your kids that gays are “vulgar” people though? Will you teach your kids the differences between SSAs and behavior? I can’t tell you how many so-called “Christian” parents end up with kids attempting suicide after they spend their (gay) child’s whole childhood teaching them that gay people are the scum of the Earth. Those parents are more vulgar than any gay person could ever be.So you are gay. OK, at least now I know where you are coming from.
This emotionally charged pseudo-argument about persecuting gay kids that you present above is truly sickening. I think we both know that this law is about adults and how their behaviour impacts society, which includes the youth.
I’m sorry, but I’m not interested in working in the gay community. My priorities are elsewhere; ie. how to raise and protect my children from the increasingly vulgar and damaging secular world.
It outlaws talking about homosexuality or acting in a homosexual manner in any public forum, including the Internet. This means that if you walk down the street holding hands with a partner, you are (according to Russian law) indoctrinating children and subject to jail time. This DOES criminalize gay behavior.
Anyone who truly cared about their children wouldn’t deflect parenting responsibility and act like they couldn’t research or choose their children’s TV shows for them. Any parent who thinks their child is going to turn gay after hearing about Heather Has Two Mommies is insane, though I fully support opting out your children because they shouldn’t have to hear about sexuality at a young age. Anybody who truly cared about their children would be worried about having a gay child commit suicide on them after hearing nothing but negativity their whole life. No parent thinks they have a gay child until they no longer have a child, whether due to suicide or running away.
Did you not even READ the thread?
I think parents should do their jobs. Again, don’t play the “it can’t be my fault” game. Gay lobbies and the 2% of gays that classify under the so-called “militant gays” category don’t actually do anything to indoctrinate children. Those 2% do make life hard for Catholic businesspeople, sure. But the only thing gay people have ever tried to do with children is to teach them that suicide is not an option. If you don’t want your gay children acting on their desires, teach them that the desires aren’t bad but the behavior is. If you teach your kids that their SSAs are bad, you are directly responsible for them committing suicide or leaving the faith.
Because immorally not notifying parents about a book about gay parents makes it morally permissible to directly advocate for the beating and jailing (and likely gang raping and possible murder) of gay youth and young adults.
The idea that gay people are trying to convert and pervert children as well as molest them was part of the Nazi propaganda targeted at homosexuals. The Jews were said to use the blood of Christian children in their Passover holiday ritual and the gypsies were accused of kidnapping and disposing of children. All three groups–gays, Jews, and gypsies–were demonized by means of focusing attention on the danger they posed to children. There are people who believe some or all of this nonsense to this very day.
