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Latvia pride parade

swiss · 2006-07-24 12:38:44

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/24/2003320196 Story about a protest organised against a gay pride parade that took place in Riga in Latvia. I had heard anecdotal evidence of prevailing conservative attitudes regarding homosexuality in eastern bloc countries, but I still found this surprising and…

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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/24/2003320196

Story about a protest organised against a gay pride parade that took place in Riga in Latvia. I had heard anecdotal evidence of prevailing conservative attitudes regarding homosexuality in eastern bloc countries, but I still found this surprising and saddening.

Ivans Goloveckis had brought his two sons, aged eight and 12, to the protest because he was "worried for their future."

"My ideology is based on the Bible, which says homosexuality is a sin and a man should love a woman. If we allow them to continue," he said, gesturing towards the second floor of the hotel, where the gay event was being staged, "my children will have no future."

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