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The Russian journalist who said gay people's hearts should be burned or buried because they're not fit for transplantation has been selected by President Vladimir Putin to receive an award for humanitarianism.
Dmitry Kiselyov, appointed by Putin in December to head the government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya, was listed as recipient of the Order of Service to the Fatherland in a decree signed by the president Thursday, The Moscow Times reports. The award acknowledges his contributions to the nation's social and economic development and his "services in the humanitarian sphere, strengthening of the rule of law, protection of the rights and interests of citizens, and many years of diligent work.
Last August, in an appearance on a Russian TV program, Kiselyov said the nation's so-called gay propaganda law is insufficient. "I think that just imposing fines on gays for homosexual propaganda among teenagers is not enough," he said. "They should be banned from donating blood, sperm. And their hearts, in case of the automobile accident, should be buried in the ground or burned as unsuitable for the continuation of life."
http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2014/02/18/antigay-russian-journalist-receives-presidential-humanitarian-award
UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE!
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(297,935 posts)mahalo William
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(55,148 posts)I just want to
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(67,112 posts)even look at.
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(54,044 posts)Personally, I think this shit in Russia may have emboldened other places. It could be a coincidence, but the number of countries passing these regressive anti-gay laws is getting absurd.