Posted on 09/25/2013 12:19:58 AM PDT by cunning_fish
(Reuters) - A Russian parents' committee has asked President Vladimir Putin to cancel a planned concert by gay musician Elton John, saying he intended to violate a ban on "homosexual propaganda".
In an open letter to Putin, the local parents' group in central Ural region was reported by media as saying: "The singer intends to come out in support of local sodomites and break the current Russian law, directed at protecting children."
Critics say the law banning gay "propaganda" among minors - which has prompted calls for a boycott of Russia's hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics - is discriminatory, barring people from being open about their sexual orientation.
The law is part of a broader attempt by Putin to win over Russians in the mostly conservative country following protests against his rule among urban and often middle class voters over his return to the Kremlin last May.
The parents' committee was unavailable for comment despite repeated phone calls.
Sir Elton John, who reminisced in an interview earlier this month with the Guardian newspaper of having sex on a Moscow rooftop with a translator during his 1979 Soviet Union tour, said he wanted to perform in Russia to support the gay community.
"As a gay man, I can't leave those people on their own without going over there and supporting them. I don't know what's going to happen, but I've got to go," he said in the interview.
John will perform on December 6 in Moscow and December 7 in Kazan.
One of the world's most prominent gay celebrities, he lives with his partner David Furnish, with whom he is in a civil union, and is bringing up two children.
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If Russia is willing to cancel a Selena Gomez concert because of her views on homosexuality, then they have to cancel Elton John’s concerts, immediately and very publicly!
Wonder what Rush will say about this, if anything. Didn’t EJ perform at Rush’s latest wedding?
how many times do heterosexual celebrities come out and talk about their conquest in other countries?.....it would be considered rather disgusting and boring....
Said John, 66:“Having the children is just the icing on the cake. You have to behave yourself around them. You can’t swear, you can’t do this, because it will reflect on their behavior."Little Monster
2. What Lady GaGa calls her fans.
"Show me your teeth, little monsters!"
If EJ violates Russian law while in Russia he should be arrested. That’s what would happen to the rest of us.
It was his wife who wanted him, I thought. Rush paid EJ a truckload of money and that settled the matter.
I like Rush as much as anyone, but paying a truckload of money to a queer who publicly claimed that Jesus was a homosexual was wrong on all counts, no matter who did it. Rush should have told his wife to pick someone else.
Literally.
Russia has its own performers and their own music which has a long history. They do not need to import our pop-culture psuedo icons.
Russia has its own performers and their own music which has a long history. They do not need to import our pop-culture psuedo icons.
Honestly, I think Rush would do anything for his wife to make their wedding perfect. I guess he did, because he discussed the differences he and EJ had. Then the truckload of money hit EJ in the head and he had a change of heart.
I agree with you about how much Rush loves his wife. But you can’t put your spouse above God.
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