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City Bans First Latvian Pride Parade
Organizers Vow Disobedience, Request Help

by Rex Wockner

City officials in the Latvian capital of Riga banned the nation's planned first gay-pride parade July 20 after Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis denounced it as "a parade of sexual minorities [taking] place in the middle of our capital city next to the Dom [Cathedral]."

"This is not acceptable," he said. "Latvia is a state based on Christian values. We cannot promote things that are unacceptable to a large part of society."

A city spokesman claimed the planned march would harm gays and lesbians by decreasing tolerance for them.

"The majority of society was against it, and it could result in unrest," said Ugis Vidauskis, spokesman for Riga City Executive Director Eriks Skapars.

That's really not "Christian values". Show me anything - anywhere, where Christ talked about homosexuality.

In fact, Christ talked about a lot of things these bigots in Latvia are not adhering to. They are terrible Christians, with a twisted sense of right and wrong. This is not a moral issue, it's a biological issue. Why is that so hard for some people to understand?

I don't imagine gays in Canada need to have pride marches anymore. They've achieved everything - they are exactly equal. Then again, it's a good excuse to have a party, so why not.