{"id":4027,"date":"2012-08-17T16:34:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T15:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2025-08-16T12:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:21:07","slug":"pussy-riot-jailed-as-moscow-bans-gay-parades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/pussy-riot-jailed-as-moscow-bans-gay-parades\/","title":{"rendered":"Pussy Riot jailed & Moscow bans gay parades"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of “Pussy Riot” in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three members of a so-called ‘punk band’ called ‘Pussy Riot’ have each been jailed for two years by a court in Moscow for\u00a0hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, over a protest in a cathedral, reports the BBC<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The foul-mouthed rant included a mock prayer on the altar of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow.\u00a0 The BBC have a video here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Judge Marina Syrova said Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, had “crudely undermined social order”, offended the feelings of Orthodox believers and shown a “complete lack of respect” during their action in February.<\/p>\n

Tolokonnikova, Alyokhina and Samutsevich say their “punk prayer” was a political act in protest against the Russian Orthodox Church leader’s support of President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

But Judge Syrova said they “committed hooliganism – in other words, a grave violation of public order,” and quoted prosecution witnesses as saying the act had been one of blasphemy, not politics.<\/p>\n

The website Heresy Corner carries more about the blasphemous nature of the protest and also says:<\/a><\/strong> ‘The incident in the cathedral was only one of many protests carried out by members of Pussy Riot and its associated art collective, Voina, which have included painting a giant penis on a Moscow Bridge, spilling live cockroaches in a courtroom and kissing policewomen. In 2008 the youngest of the trio, Nadia Tolokonnikova (then aged 18 and heavily pregnant) took part in a public orgy in a Moscow museum.’\u00a0They seem to have been trying quite hard to get arrested for some time.\u00a0 And guess who funds Pussy Riot?\u00a0 It’s that man again. And the US government.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Western liberals have sprung to the women’s defence.\u00a0‘Pussy Riot’\u00a0have garnered support from Paul McCartney, Madonna, Kate Nash, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Faith No More, Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys, Patti Smith, The Beastie Boys, Zola Jesus, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Townshend, Peaches, Genesis, Courtney Love, Yoko Ono and Stephen Fry.<\/p>\n

Mr Fry and his friends will not be pleased with another court ruling handed down in Moscow today.<\/p>\n

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Russian homosexual activist Nikolai Alexeyev alongside Britain’s Peter Tatchell, who contributed in the 1980’s to a book edited by a leading paedophile defending paedophilia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Moscow City Court has upheld a ban on ‘gay pride’ marches in the Russian capital<\/a><\/strong> for the next 100 years. Russia’s best-known gay rights campaigner, Nikolay Alexeyev, had gone to court hoping to overturn Moscow City Council’s ban on homosexual parades, asking for the right to stage such parades for the next 100 years.\u00a0 He also opposes St Petersburg’s ban on spreading “homosexual propaganda”.<\/p>\n

The Moscow city government argues that the gay parade would risk causing public disorder and that most Muscovites do not support such an event.<\/p>\n

Alexeyev now intends to go to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to argue that Moscow’s ban on gay pride marches – past, present and future – is unjust.\u00a0 The European Court of Human Rights has already told Russia to pay Alexeyev damages<\/a><\/strong>, but that does not appear likely to happen any day soon.<\/p>\n

See: Peter Tatchell and the paedophile book<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Christian Voice Press Release \u2013 17.00 hrs 17th August 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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