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Media Spotlight newsletter for Spring 2013
by Albert James Dager
Media Spotlight newsletter for Spring 2013
by Albert James Dager
The Russian
parliament is considering legislation that would outlaw openly homosexual
activities such as “gay pride” parades and displays of homosexual affection in
public. The move in Russia to ban all public acknowledgment of homosexuality
has been a work in progress for over a year. In June, 2012, the Moscow City
Court upheld a district court’s decision to ban gay pride parades in Moscow for
the next 100 years.
With the Winter
Olympics scheduled to be conducted in Sochi, Russia, in February, 2014, LGBT activists
fear that the Russian government will impose restrictions on homosexual and lesbian
participants from other nations. Russian officials have already rejected an
application for a “Pride House” at the Olympic village. A Pride
House is a place where LGBT people can gather to fraternize. The Olympic Pride
House was approved for the first time during the London Summer Olympics in July
and August, 2012.
An LGBT publication, The
Advocate , has expressed concern about how a law considered by the parliament
and backed by President Vladimir Putin might affect the games. The Advocate reports
that, as of February 7, “Already lawmakers have given it preliminary approval
on a vote of 388 to 1 by members of the State Duma.”
Under the law, anyone
publicly engaging in anything that promotes homosexuality to young people may
be prosecuted and punished.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the
Russian Orthodox Church has gained considerable influence within the government.
Many suggest that the church is behind the push to outlaw LGBT influence among
the Russian public. In January, 2013, LGBT activists who staged a public
“kiss-in” outside the Russian parliament were violently attacked and beaten by
people who identified themselves as members of the church.
COMMENTARY
At a time when the
United States government is championing so-called gay rights and the “marriage”
of same-gender couples, the formerly atheistic parliament of the new Russia is actively
working to ban public LGBT activities. Is Russia more righteous than the United
States? Or is there something more
to this?
Believers in Christ
might think that government sanctions against homosexuality are to be desired,
and it would certainly go a long way in keeping things in the closet where they
belong. But when a government acts on behalf of a religious institution, there
are various dangers to consider. We must remember that religious persecution is
one of Satan’s greatest tools to achieve his aims. This is particularly true
when the rank-and- file members of any religious establishment engage in
violence against any group of people, whether or not that group is engaging in
sinful activities. It is one thing to outlaw particularly offensive sins; it is
another to take a hateful approach, or to endorse those who take a hateful
approach, toward those who engage in those sins.
The Lord has called
us to love all men, including our enemies. Those caught in sin are to be
pitied, not hated. We may rightfully be vocal against the movements that
promote sin, such as the LGBT propaganda and the “gay pride” activities. We may
even approve of those things being outlawed. But we must not lose sight of the
lost condition of those poor souls caught in the trap of sin.
And let us not forget
that, along with Jews, Christians, the feeble in body and mind, Hitler’s pogrom
of purification also included homosexuals. Just as Jews had to wear a Star of
David on their clothing, homosexuals were forced to wear pink triangles which,
today, is a badge of pride to them.
We may sometimes think we are on the right
side of things when, in truth, we are siding with the Devil.
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