the homophobic russia strikes again: we can all learn from them

Just think back to those "good old days" here in the US of A.
By pretending that most everybody was "normal", we kept the closet
doors tightly shut, thus protecting our Gay citizens. And so long as
they stayed in the closet and made certain when they were out and
about in public, to look and behave "normal", they were perfectly
safe. Today, instead of those Pinko Commie sympathizers stirring up
social unrest, it's those Obama freaks demanding equal rights for
everybody. Now Russia is showing the way back to the closets. And
here's the fun part. Our Republican Right Wingers, the same who used
to hunt down and expose Commies, are now hand in hand with them. And
of course, the entire militant wing of the Muslim Faith are also right
there with the Ruskies and the White Supremacists.
And folks think politics are boring.

Carl Jarvis

On 1/9/15, joe harcz Comcast <joeharcz@comcast.net> wrote:
> Russia bans drivers with sex, gender 'disorders Extending Russia's legal
> campaign against homosexuality, a new law aimed at reducing traffic deaths
> denies
>
> driver's licences to people with "disorders" involving sexual preference and
> gender identity. The decree, signed Dec. 29 by Prime Minister Dmitry
> Medvedev,
>
> empowers officials to ban transsexual and transgender people from driving,
> along with others suffering from such "mental disorders" as fetishism,
> exhibitionism,
>
> voyeurism, compulsive theft or "pathological" gambling, the BBC and Mashable
> reported Thursday. Specifically, the decree "to promote public health"
> applies
>
> to those with "gender identity disorders, disorders of sexual preference and
> psychological and behavioral disorders associated with sexual development
>
> and orientation. The rules also apply to people with schizophrenia, "mood"
> disorders and "neurotic, stress-related" problems. "The decisions are aimed
>
> at reducing deaths from vehicular accidents," the decree declares, according
> to a translation provided to USA TODAY. Nearly 28,000 fatalities -- 55 per
>
> 100,000 vehicles -- occurred on Russian roads in 2012, according to the most
> recent statistics available. (The United States recorded 8,000 more traffic
>
> deaths the same year, but the per-100,000-vehicle rate was only 13.6.)
> Russia defends the restrictions by citing the World Health Organization's
> International
>
> Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems .
> However, the compendium contains this note: "Sexual orientation by itself is
> not to
>
> be regarded as a disorder. The move has been condemned by Russian
> psychiatrists and human rights lawyers, while the country's Professional
> Drivers Union
>
> endorsed the restrictions for pros (trucks and bus drivers, for instance) to
> improve safety on the country's notoriously deadly roads. Mikhail Strakhov,
>
> a psychiatric expert in Russia, told the BBC Russian Service that the
> definition of "personality disorders" was too vague and that some disorders
> would
>
> not affect anyone's ability to drive safely. Valery Evtushenko, from the
> Russian Psychiatric Association, told the BBC he worries that some people
> would
>
> avoid seeking psychiatric help, fearing a driving ban. The new law is
> "discriminatory," the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights said,
> adding
>
> that it would ask the Russian Constitutional Court for clarification. Citing
> the country's many road deaths, the head of the Professional Drivers Union,
>
> Alexander Kotov, told the BBC that "toughening medical requirements for
> applicants is fully justified" for pros but too strict for others. In 2013,
> Russia
>
> outlawed "promoting non-traditional lifestyles," a measure aimed at gays,
> lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people.
>
>
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