Dalton Fury
07-24-2012, 08:24 PM
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — If a group of Ukrainian lawmakers succeeds in its mission, television shows and movies like “Brokeback Mountain” that sympathetically portray gay men and lesbians will be banned. So will gay pride parades.
The recently introduced bill, supported by the president’s representative in Parliament, would impose prison terms of up to five years and unspecified fines for spreading the “propaganda of homosexuality,” which the measure defines as positive depictions of gays in public.
Ukraine Bill Proposes Prison for Positive Gay Depictions (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/world/europe/ukraine-bill-proposes-prison-for-positive-gay-depictions.html?_r=1)
The recently introduced bill, supported by the president’s representative in Parliament, would impose prison terms of up to five years and unspecified fines for spreading the “propaganda of homosexuality,” which the measure defines as positive depictions of gays in public.
Ukraine Bill Proposes Prison for Positive Gay Depictions (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/world/europe/ukraine-bill-proposes-prison-for-positive-gay-depictions.html?_r=1)