Thread: Sochi Olympics and the Law against Gays in Russia +

Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман

A disputable statement. The key words are "As long as they're not harming anyone else". Yes, I'm inclined to agree. But what is "to harm someone"? Physically? Or morally, too?
If someone prefers walking naked, is he harming anyone else? Why does the government put restricitions on this kind of behavior?
Does saying to a child "Oh, boy! You know, being a gay is so cool! There is nothing abnormal in it. Two men can love each other, live together and make a family. Why not to try? The traditional family is outdated" harm the child's psychology?

You are assuming here, double guessing about children in general. But what about real victims here? Gay children it is. It's a tragedy for them.
No reply necessary, it's o.k., I do not expect you or anybody else to change their minds.

Originally Posted by Lampada

But what about real victims here? Gay children it is. It's a tragedy for them.

“Whatever else it is, homosexuality is not a contagious disease like the measles. Prevailing scientific opinion is that an individual's sexuality is determined at a very early age and that a child's teachers do not really influence this.” -- Ronald Reagan, 1978 (Opposing a California bill to ban homosexuals from teaching in schools.)

That was 35 years ago. Although the causes of homosexuality AND heterosexuality are still not known with certainty, the vast majority of scientists studying human sexuality now suspect that orientation (whether hetero or homo) is already becoming "neurologically hardwired" into the brain even before children have learned to speak their own native languages -- or even, to some degree, before a child takes its first breath of air.

But some people prefer to believe that "gay children" are as imaginary as unicorns -- and the Russian government still wants to follow the зажать уши руками principle when Russian gays try to tell their own life stories.