Putin placed on a par gay marriages and "Satan worship"
President Vladimir Putin has explained why he "deeply disliked the societies that legalized same-sex marriages". He put on a par gay marriages and the belief in Satan.
At the same time the Russian President expressed his opinion that his Italian "friend Silvio" "fell victim of his irreconcilable heterosexuality". "Berlusconi is being accused for his love affairs with women. Were he a homosexual then no one would lay a finger on him", believes Vladimir Putin.
President Putin was generous in his habitual homophobic rhetoric: "We do not have any discrimination on the grounds of sex. In Russia there are no laws that penalize sexual minorities for homosexuality". According to his words, there is only one law that "prohibits the propaganda of homosexuality to minors". "There is nothing to be worried of", he added.
He also stressed that homosexuals worsened the demographic crisis. "Europeans are dying out. Do you understand it or not? Same-sex marriages do not give birth to children. You want to survive at the expense of immigrants? The society is not able to adopt that big quantity of them. Your choice in many countries is still the same as it is now - legalization of gay marriages, child adoption and so on. Please, let us make our own choice that we want for our country".
English translation presented by Yerdna Bananes
For reference: in March 2013 the Russian President personally initiated a ban for foreign same-sex couples to adopt Russian orphaned children. He charged the Supreme Court and the Ministry for Education and Science to prepare new legal bans until July 1st, 2013. That idea was ardently backed by the ruling "Edinaya Rossiya" faction in the Gosduma and became law in a very short period - President signed it in the summer of 2013.
"We note that many Euro-Atlantic countries have practically betrayed their roots, including the values of Christianity which were essential for the Western civilization. Moral principles together with any traditional identity (national, cultural, confessional or even juridical) are being denied. The policy that puts on a par a large family and gay partnerships, belief in God and in Satan worship are being enforced there", the mass media are citing Putin's statement during his concluding meeting of the Valday International Discussion Club.At the same time the Russian President expressed his opinion that his Italian "friend Silvio" "fell victim of his irreconcilable heterosexuality". "Berlusconi is being accused for his love affairs with women. Were he a homosexual then no one would lay a finger on him", believes Vladimir Putin.
President Putin was generous in his habitual homophobic rhetoric: "We do not have any discrimination on the grounds of sex. In Russia there are no laws that penalize sexual minorities for homosexuality". According to his words, there is only one law that "prohibits the propaganda of homosexuality to minors". "There is nothing to be worried of", he added.
He also stressed that homosexuals worsened the demographic crisis. "Europeans are dying out. Do you understand it or not? Same-sex marriages do not give birth to children. You want to survive at the expense of immigrants? The society is not able to adopt that big quantity of them. Your choice in many countries is still the same as it is now - legalization of gay marriages, child adoption and so on. Please, let us make our own choice that we want for our country".
English translation presented by Yerdna Bananes
