Russian Law Against The Promotion Of Homosexuality

The outrage which greeted the Russian Government's mainly came from the USA and Western Europe, however, the entire English-speaking media was flooded with news of the law cracking down on homosexuals, when indeed, it was actually stopping homosexuals from inundating others with homosexuality in the media, especially when such messages target children.

There have been theories that some people are born homosexual, and no doubt, if people can be born hermaphrodites, there's a great deal of truth that a man born with an anomaly to produce large quantities of eostrogen, that could affect his sexuality. All the same, it has even been proven beyond reasonable doubt that images, especially on TV, have a profound effect on human behavioural influence. Howbeit that people intend to overlook the extent to which the media especially is used to modify the orientation of the general populace, especially kids. This is the issue which the Russian law aims to curb, and I wish the Nigerian law on the same matter would be more like it.

Here's the complete text of the statute:

Adopted by the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on February 29, 2012

Article 1

To introduce into the Law of St. Petersburg on March 12, 2012, No. 273-70 "On administrative offenses in St. Petersburg" the following changes:

1. Add Articles 7_1 and 7_2 reading as follows:

Article 7_1. Public actions aimed at propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism, transgenderism amongst minors

Public actions aimed at propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism, transgenderism amongst minors incur an administrative fine for citizens in the amount of five thousand rubles; for officials -- fifty thousand rubles; for legal entities -- from two thousand fifty to five hundred thousand rubles.

Note. As public actions at propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism, transgenderism amongst minors in this article should be understood activities on purposeful and uncontrolled dissemination of information in a publicly accessible way that can be harmful to the health, moral and spiritual development of minors, including forming in their mind a distorted perception of social equality of traditional and nontraditional marital relationships.

Article 7_2. Public actions aimed at propaganda of pedophilia

Public actions aimed propaganda of pedophilia amongst minors incur an administrative fine for citizens in the amount of five thousand rubles; for officials -- fifty thousand rubles; for legal entities -- from five hundred thousand to one million rubles.

Note: As public actions aimed at propaganda of pedophilia amongst minors in this article should be understood activities on purposeful and uncontrolled dissemination of information in a publicly accessible way aimed at forming in the society a distorted perception of the consistency with the social norms of intimate relationships between adults and minors.

Article 2

The law of St. Petersburg takes effect 10 days after the day of its official publication.

Georgy Sergeyevich Poltavchenko
Governor of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, Russia
March 7, 2012