But I think the world is not going to have nearly as many headlines about this one as they did regarding the Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem. Because it’s not in Israel. It’s in Russia.
A top Moscow official repeated Wednesday that the city will not allow a gay rights parade, echoing the mayor’s vocal criticism and saying that homosexuality is bad for your health, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.
“There is the hard line of the city authorities and the position of our main faith, the Russian Orthodox Church … of the inadmissibility of such an event in Moscow,” RIA-Novosti quoted the head of the city’s international relations department, Georgy Muradov, as saying.
Watch the echo chamber effect.