Russian Orthodox Community Targets Facebook Over Same-Sex Marriage Icons
Facebook’s introduction earlier this month of icons depicting same-sex marriage drew the ire of religious activists in Russia, who mounted a campaign to ban the social network in the country.
Facebook’s introduction earlier this month of icons depicting same-sex marriage drew the ire of religious activists in Russia, who mounted a campaign to ban the social network in the country.
Russia Today reported that activists representing an Orthodox community in the southern Russian city of Saratov sent a fax to Facebook’s office in the country demanding that the social network stop “flirting with sodomites,” and that it remove all content promoting homosexuality.
News portal TemaSaratov then reported that since the activists’ demands were ignored, they began collecting signatures on a petition to restore a Soviet-era anti-gay article to the country’s Penal Code, according to Russia Today.
Male homosexuality was a criminal offense in the Soviet Union until 1993, according to Russia Today, which added that members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community still feel that they are discriminated against.
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