On 24 June, Sunday, a ceremonial procession took place on the Moscow River. Nearly 200 members of Russian Orthodox-patriotic organizations went on a motor ship trip with a slogan “We are Russians – God with us”. The motor ship was decorated with gonfalons, images of saints, and Royal national flags.
      A gay cruise (the 2nd in 2007) took place on the same route on the Moscow River the day prior to the Orthodox procession. Representatives of the Orthodox organizations are sure that homosexual criuses profanate the river and are part of the harmful ideologic influence of the West. According to the coordinator of the Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods Yuri Ageshchev, one of the aims of the action was “to clean the Moscow River of the filth that filled the river after the trip of a big company of homosexuals that took place on the same route and on the same motor ship”.
      
      Sources: www.interfax.ru
      www.mk.ru
      

Serafim Tkachuck :
The advertisement under the article was "Thinking of visiting Russia? Click here." After reading of the hysterical hatred embodied in this "purging", I can think of nowhere I'd rather visit less.

Added: 27 June 2007 14:40

Natalya Lavrentyeva :
Dear Serafim Tkachuck, like any other country, Russia has positive and less infusive sides. However, regardless of whether you belong to some minoroties or you`re Orthodox, or whoever, we have a lot to show our visitors in Russia so that they find staying here pleasant. If you decide to visit this multifaceted country, we will welcome you.

Added: 27 June 2007 15:49

Joe Suaiden :
Why do all countries have to have a "US/Western European" mindset on things many people in the world find offensive? As a Latino in the US who lived in Russia almost two years, I found the natural moral conservatism of many Russians appealing.

Added: 27 June 2007 20:07

Vyacheslav Tymon :
Rights are not conferred on the basis of the type of sex one has in the bedroom. There is no right to gay sex, particularly in public.

Added: 30 June 2007 19:37

Mojo :
"There is no right to gay sex, particularly in public" - ha-ha-ha! Is there a right to straight sex, and particularly in public? :)))))))))))))))) I`m wondering who gives such interesting rights? Maybe the RF government? :))))))))))))))))

Added: 30 June 2007 20:35

Athena N. :
This ethnic-patriotic hatred is fading away, and they dont know TRUE Orthodox love. Go see jn1034.blogspot.com cos thats the REAL Orthodoxy I love, not bigoted hatred.

Added: 08 July 2007 05:13

Lizard of Ahaz :
A shame after all the trouble Stalin went to religious hysteria has returned to Russia . It was one of the very few things he had right . The church of his time was an oppressive and murderous regime of criminals far worse than anything he did in the name of socialism .

Added: 19 October 2009 07:26