Russian Gay Bill

From the Moscow Times:
"National Anti-Gay Bill Submitted to Duma"

A controversial bill banning the "promotion of homosexuality" to minors was introduced into the State Duma on Thursday, two weeks after similar legislation came into force in St. Petersburg. Novosibirsk regional lawmakers submitted the bill, which calls for fines of up to 500,000 rubles ($16,500) for promoting a gay lifestyle in the media and through "public activities that promote homosexuality as normal behavior." The bill will stir fears in the gay community about an increase in discrimination and a crackdown on every manifestation of homosexuality — from gay-pride events to the arts and media.

^ This is a step back in the wrong direction for Russia. If the national bill passes it will only create a witch-hunt against homosexuals and make Russia once step closer to being the dictatorship it was under the USSR - where homosexuality was illegal. I don't understand how the local, oblast or Federal Russian governments can say homosexuality is legal and then fine and/or arrest people for being gay. Either it is legal and you accept it or it's not - you can't have it both ways. Hopefully the national bill will not pass and the regional ones will be struck down by the Russian Supreme Court. ^

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/national-anti-gay-bill-submitted-to-duma/455755.html