[news] Gay Pride March Banned in Moscow, Religious Groups Threaten Violence

[Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca]

Moscow's authoritarian mayor, Yuri Lushkov -- declaring that homosexuality is "an unnatural act" -- has banned Moscow's first-ever Gay Pride March, and the gay festival and conference that was to coincide with it. Lushkov has said the Pride activities will be "severely repressed," while some religious leaders have called for the use of violence to prevent the march.

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