London's Mayor Criticizes Moscow's Decision to Ban Gay Parade
- From: "captain." <spammersmustdie@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:57:34 GMT
-sad. the religious nuts win this one.
London's Mayor Criticizes Moscow's Decision to Ban Gay Parade
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/02/22/livingstone.shtml
London's mayor has called on his counterpart in Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, to
scrap a controversial ban on gay pride marches.
Hosting a meeting of mayors of Moscow, London, Berlin and Paris, Ken
Livingstone urged Russia to act in "the spirit of respect for universal
human rights," BBC reported. He said that equality meant there was a right
to hold events marking the contribution of lesbian and gay communities to
city life.
Mayors of Berlin and Paris also urged Luzhkov to rethink.
A number of Europe's best known gay activist groups, like Outrage, have
threatened to take what they call direct action in Moscow if the city does
not change its policy.
A proposal to hold a gay pride march after a forthcoming conference on
fighting homophobia led to angry protests from Orthodox and Muslim groups.
Russian gay organisations accused the country's chief mufti of trying to
incite violence after he called for believers to stone gays and lesbians
demonstrating in public.
Moscow's city council, citing the potential for violence, subsequently
declared an all-out ban. That move drew criticism not only from Russian
activists, but also from a number of senior European politicians and
well-known personalities.
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