In defense of Russia’s law on homosexual propaganda
By Bryan Fischer
Russia, as the world is now aware,
recently passed a law that prohibits homosexual propaganda that is targeted at
teens. Russia does not want teenagers persuaded that manifestly unnatural and
unhealthy behavior is perfectly normal. Good on them. And while sodomy has been
legal in Russia since 1993, the new law makes it illegal among teens. Good on them.
What should we make of this law?
Even the pro-family community in the United States has been largely silent on
this issue, perhaps stunned by the possibility that a formerly communist
country could be ahead of the United States on matters of public morality. And perhaps nervous about actually approving public
policy that implements at least part of the message we have been communicating
for years.
Now since
same-sex conduct has been legal in Russia since 1993, homosexual Olympians have
been told quite explicitly that they have nothing to fear from Russian
authorities for the private exercise of their sexual proclivities. They will be
free to engage in all the abnormal sex they want – as long as they keep it in the
bedroom and off the street.
This, we have
always been told, is all homosexuals want – to be left alone and for the
government to stay out of their bedrooms. Well,
they'll have that in Russia. But that's not enough for them. Unless they can flaunt their non-normative sexuality
in public, and force all of society not just to tolerate but endorse their
behavior, they will not be satisfied.
It should be
noted that there is no warrant in this law for attacks on homosexuals. Assault
and battery is still a crime in Russia, and all such assaults should be
punished to the full extent of the law regardless of the sexual preference of
the victims. The solution to sexual deviancy is not vigilante justice.
But Russia has
every reason to be concerned about teens being lured into the homosexual
lifestyle. A truly alarming report issued by the CDC (note: not a member of the vast, right-wing
conspiracy) reveals the enormous health risks to teens who get sucked into
thinking that sodomy is a perfectly normal alternative to heterosexuality.
Here are just some of the shocking
details. Gay and lesbian teens are:
* More than
three times as likely (23.7% to 7.2%) as heterosexual students to have been
forced to have sexual intercourse;
* Three times
more likely to have had sexual intercourse with four or more persons (29.9% to
11.1%);
* Four times
more likely to have had sexual intercourse before age 13 (19.8% to 4.8%);
* Half as likely
to use a condom during sexual intercourse (35.8% to 65.5%);
* Almost three
times more likely to have experienced dating violence (27.5% to 10.2%);
* One-and-a-half
times more likely to have felt sad or hopeless (41.3% to 24.8%);
* Three times
more likely to have seriously considered suicide (29.6% to 11.7%);
* Four times
more likely to have actually attempted suicide (25.8% to 6.4%);
* Three times
more likely to smoke more than 10 cigarettes per day (27.8% to 9.1%);
* One-and-a-half
times more likely to use marijuana (34.5% to 21.8%);
* A staggering
eight times more likely to use cocaine (16.6% to 1.8%);
* Three-and-a-half
times more likely to use inhalants (26.1% to 7.6%);
* Five times
more likely to have used ecstasy (22.9% to 4.6%);
* A mind-blowing
nine times more likely to have used heroin (17.7% to 1.8%);
* Six times more
likely to have used meth (21.5% to 3.4%);
* A catastrophic
10 times more likely to have injected illegal drugs (14.9% to 1.5%).
In my nomination
for the understatement of the year, the CDC concludes its own report,
"Compared with students who are not sexual minorities, a disproportionate
number of sexual minority students engage in a wide range of health-risk behaviors."
This is true
with regard to sexual practices, intimate partner violence, suicidal ideation,
depression and substance abuse of all kinds. In other words, this is not a
normal, healthy alternative to heterosexuality.
There are
catastrophic pathologies associated with homosexual behavior among teenagers,
and any society that cares about its youth will do everything in its power to
steer them away from this self-destructive lifestyle. We
spend billions urging teens not to take up cigarette smoking. Let's start spending billions to urge them not to take
up gay sex.
Bottom line: for
the first time in my life, I say it's time for us to be more like Russia.
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