Pat Buchanan Praises Vladimir Putin

"America was de-Christianized in the second half of the 20th century by court orders, over the vehement objections of a huge majority of a country that was overwhelmingly Christian. And same-sex marriage is indeed an 'abstract' idea unrooted in the history or tradition of the West. Where did it come from? Peoples all over the world, claims Putin, are supporting Russia's 'defense of traditional values' against a 'so-called tolerance' that is 'genderless and infertile.' While his stance as a defender of traditional values has drawn the mockery of Western media and cultural elites, Putin is not wrong in saying that he can speak for much of mankind." - Pat Buchanan, in a Townhall piece to goes on to lavish praise on France's neo-Nazi-affiliated Manif Pour Tous. Buchanan also claims that the Indian Supreme Court just repealed same-sex marriage.

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Posted in: assholism,Christianists,crackpots,douchenozzles,LGBT rights,Pat Buchanan,Russia,theocracy,Vladimir Putin

The Advocate Names Russian President Vladimir Putin "Phobie Of The Year"

The Advocate today announced its Phobie Awards, with Russian President Vladimir Putin topping their list of the thirteen most homophobic people in the world. The rest of the list features evildoers well known to JMG readers: Orson Scott Card, Scott Lively, Pat Robertson, E.W. Jackson, Marco Rubio, Frigide Barjot, Ken Cuccinelli, Robert Mugabe, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Rep. Louie Gohmert, and two anti-gay California groups working to overturn transgender rights. Hit the link and read the Advocate's justification for each selection.

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Posted in: 2013 in review,Advocate,E.W. Jackson,Frigide Barjot,homophobes,Ken Cuccinelli,Louie Gohmert,Marco Rubio,Orson Scott Card,Pat Robertson,religion,Robert Mugabe,Scott Lively,Timothy Dolan,Vladimir Putin

HomoQuotable - Nancy Goldstein

"NBC has been dodging attempts from activists to hold them accountable since the laws were enacted. A letter from the gay lobbying group Human Rights Campaign’s president asking NBC to include news of Russia's human-rights violations alongside their standard Olympics coverage elicited a mealy-mouthed response from the network, which said it would 'provide coverage of Russia's anti-gay laws if the controversial measures surface as an issue during the upcoming Winter Olympics.' As though the fact that Neo-Nazis keep luring gay men to hotel rooms by baiting them online, then kidnapping and torturing them and posting their videos online isn’t an issue at all so long as no queers are actually forced to drink their own urine in front of NBC’s cameras during the snowboarding finals." - Nancy Goldstein, writing for Prospect.

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Putin Abolishes State News Agency UPDATE: Vile Gay Basher Dmitry Kiselev To Run New State Agency

Today Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he has abolished the official state news agency RIA Novosti. You may recall that I've excerpted RIA Novosti on several recent occasions and have noted the agency's even-handed reporting of LGBT stories.  BBC News reports:

In a surprise decree published on the Kremlin's website on Monday, Mr Putin announced it would be replaced by a news agency called Russia Today. The new agency will be headed by journalist and keen Kremlin supporter Dmitry Kiselev. The state-owned Voice of Russia radio station has also been closed. The decree was effective immediately. For many Kremlin critics in Russia, that phrase suggests this is a sinister move by President Putin, says the BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow. During Mr Putin's time as Russia's leader, RIA Novosti has tried hard to produce balanced coverage for Russian and international audiences, our correspondent says. Although state-owned, it has reflected the views of the opposition and covered difficult topics for the Kremlin, our correspondent adds.

MAJOR UPDATE: Reading the above story, I didn't make the connection about Dmitry Kiselev, the television anchor Putin today appointed to run the new official state news agency. Back in August, I reported that Kiseley broadcast a show in which he declared that gay bashing victims deserve their fate.

"Our [Russian] problem with homosexuals is that they behave in a provocative, victim-like way. They deliberately provoke situations, so that they become victims. Nobody prevents them from loving each other the way they want to. They are aggressively foisting minority’s values on the majority. It is likely that society would counteract this. Naturally, right? In various ways, including brutal ones. Since they are brutally foisting this [on others]. Wanna fight? Get it, then. So what?"

One week prior to the above show, Kiselev declared that if any gay person is involved in a car accident, "their hearts should be burned" rather than used as organ donations. Today's news is far more chilling that I first imagined.

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