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    Thinking of taking a vacation to Europe this summer? If a trip to iconic city of Moscow or the edgier St. Petersburg is on your bucket list, an anti-gay law recently passed in Russia may have you thinking again. It is now outlawed to be ‘out and proud.’

    In a throwback to the country’s authoritarian ruling, Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a controversial law that punishes people for “homosexual propaganda.” The law fines people—including tourists—up to 200,000 rubles ($6,240 CDN) for “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations.” For Canadians—where same-sex marriage is legal—it is unfathomable that Russia’s laws permit the government to arrest and detain gay, or pro-gay, foreigners for up to 14 days before they would then be expelled from the country.

    So what is considered pro-gay? Anything from gay-affirmative speech to hand-holding; even displaying a rainbow flag alongside a maple leaf on your backpack is illegal. Recently in southern Russia, there were complaints that Elton John’s stage outfits fell under “gay propaganda.” While LGBT are being told they are unwelcome in Russia, with such vague definitions, one wonders if anyone who even looks like they might be gay could also be fined or deported from the country.

    According to Voice of Russia, any display of affection between same-sex couples could cause a “distorted understanding” that gay relations and heterosexual relations are socially equivalent, and risk spreading Western liberalism. Putin claims the law doesn’t discriminate against LGBT people, but rather—in an argument riddled with faulty logic—is there to “protect children from pedophilia.”

    With Gay Pride celebrated around the world, from Sydney, Australia, to Toronto, and with same-sex marriage currently legal in 13 countries with still more countries, including New Zealand and Uruguay, following suit, it is difficult to image a country voting to enact such uncompromising and harsh laws.

    And how are these new laws going to impact tourism and the world’s spotlight on the upcoming 2014 Winter Games in Sochi? Will LGBT visitors—or anyone who embraces the gay community—want to visit the games? While Russia’s laws stigmatize and target the gay community, Brazil’s Ministry of Tourism is working to encourage the LGBT community to visit. Brazil, which is hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, as well as the 2014 World Cup.

    Fortunately, for LGBT travellers looking to take a vacation, there are other parts of the world more receptive to welcoming them with open arms—or at least not promising your vacation could wind up with jail time. Air Canada has gay and lesbian travel packages to places as diverse as Aruba and Tel Aviv, and promotes Copenhagen, Denmark as one of the first countries in Europe to legalize same-sex marriage. Or closer to home, New York’s Out NY Hotel advertises itself as “straight friendly.”

    tl,dr: If you're so retarded as to feel the need to announce/showboat your sexual preference, you'll get arrested in Russia.
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    That's fucking stupid....

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    • #3
      Elvis is going to have to practice not sashaying when he walks.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Magnus View Post
        with such vague definitions, one wonders if anyone who even looks like they might be gay could also be fined or deported from the country.
        Looks like a BUNCH of you metro-sexuals better stay of of Russia.

        Stevo
        Originally posted by SSMAN
        ...Welcome to the land of "Fuck it". No body cares, and if they do, no body cares.

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        • #5
          Geor and Elvis, what will they do?

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          • #6
            Good! Fucking fags! I hope they burn in hell! How dare they think differently than me?!?!
            Originally posted by BradM
            But, just like condoms and women's rights, I don't believe in them.
            Originally posted by Leah
            In other news: Brent's meat melts in your mouth.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by mstng86 View Post
              Geor and Elvis, what will they do?
              I can tell you what they wont do, go to Russia.
              "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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              • #8
                So gays=pedophiles? I vaguely remember that being posted by a member here.
                Ded

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                • #9
                  Their country the(Putin's)ir rules.
                  Originally posted by lincolnboy
                  After watching Games of Thrones, makes me glad i was not born in those years.

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                  • #10
                    If someone told me 20 years ago that Russia would be where they are and we would be where we are, I would have never believed it.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by VaderTT View Post
                        So gays=pedophiles? I vaguely remember that being posted by a member here.
                        I believe that was part of the gays in Boy Scouts thread. Can't remember who it was though.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by VaderTT View Post
                          So gays=pedophiles? I vaguely remember that being posted by a member here.
                          How many gay priest have you heard about that stick their dicks into adults? I also can't ever remember hearing anything about a creeper priest banging even 1 female of any age.
                          Magnus, I am your father. You need to ask your mother about a man named Calvin Klein.

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                          • #14
                            I think the biggest concern here is: How do you identify someone as gay in order to arrest them?

                            All i can think of is over displays of pda, and i don't care what the orientation is, i don't want to see that shit unless it's jenny mccarthy and gina gershon making out.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by thesource View Post
                              If someone told me 20 years ago that Russia would be where they are and we would be where we are, I would have never believed it.
                              DOHCTR would have moved there. (if he were born yet.)
                              THE BAD HOMBRE

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