Close Putin Ally Urges Support of Traditional Values Against Gay Activism

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Activists painted the pedestrian pavement in front of the Russian Embassy in Finland with rainbow colors
to protest Russian's anti-LGBT sentimentality and legislation.

Traditional family values need to be supported against activism by the gay minority, and the idea that gays were suppressed in Russia was "a trick", a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. A brochure from the conference, on the "sanctity of motherhood", called for "socially responsible media" to resist attempts to redefine the family, which it said were "an irresponsible manipulation of the most profound parts of the human nature".

"We should not rape nature because of ideological, political or individual preferences," said Russian Railways boss Vladimir Yakunin, who was hosting a conference in Geneva to promote his foundation, the Endowment for St Andrew the First Called.

Supporting families had nothing to do with oppression of gay minorities, he said, but was a reaction to activists who cross the line from personal life into political and social activism.

"We all know that in political life it is not the majority that is actually creating regimes and states and rule them," he said. "Through the history of mankind, we know that active minorities were actually the rulers of the systems. "It is extremely important to point out that it is just a trick to say that gays are suppressed — it is not true. It is just not true."

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Mr. Yakunin is certainly right that "it is not the majority that is actually creating regimes and states and rule them". It is usually "active minorities were actually the rulers of the systems".

Of course, he is mistaken when he implies that gays and lesbians are the minorities that rule Russia. A different type of minority rules Russia, Mr. Yankunin and you are a member of it.