Russia’s parliament has passed the third and final reading of a law banning “LGBT propaganda” among all adults, as Moscow ramps up its conservative push at home amid the war in Ukraine that passed the nine-month mark on Thursday.
The bill criminalises any act regarded as an attempt to promote what Russia calls “non-traditional sexual relations” – in film, online, advertising or in public – and expands on a notorious 2013 law that banned “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” among minors and was used to detain gay rights activists.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has launched a fresh effort to promote “traditional values”, with the Russian leader making anti-gay rhetoric one of the cornerstones of his political agenda.
In a recent speech, Putin accused the west of “moving towards open satanism”, citing the promotion of gay and transgender rights in Europe as an example.
LGBTQ ni kazi ya Shetani akigonganisha binadamu wasizaane, lakini wengi hawaelewi. Just think about it: kama Adam na Eve waliambiwa, Go forth and fill the earth, mtu mwenye mpango wa ushoga anasambaratisha mpango wa mungu. It’s a disgusting evil agenda, but the world doesn’t ponder issues at length. After all, what is the ultimate purpose of a man or a woman existing, if not to pass life to the next generation? Life is that basic, to live, enjoy life and pass it on; but many never think about this, they would rather keep on spreading religious mysteries, and confusing people with paradoxical ethics and rights nonsense.
There is a crucial education people miss about what life is and the central place of sex in it. It’s nothing trivial. See what the great writer Kahlil Gibran says about the beauty of life, and of passing it on. Life doesn’t come from us, but through us and our divine role is to pass it on. The words and illustrations are from his book, The Prophet, drawn by the author himself:
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Credit: Kahlil Gibran, from The Prophet