Ignorant Homophobe of the Day: The Mayor of Moscow

Yury Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow, and one of the finest minds of the 11th century...

First, this is society's moral. Our society has a healthy moral and rejects all these queers," Luzhkov said.

The second reason is security of the demonstrators themselves, he said.

"If you even imagine that they get permission to hold their parade and gather, they will simply get killed. We have radical Christians who have hard feelings against these demonic manifestations, as they see it. By the way, when there were attempts to hold a gay parade during the recent Eurovision Song Contest, we had to isolate 19 radicals who were going to beat up these queers," Luzhkov said.

"I ban such parades, and this decision is well-thought. Moreover, this is not only a mayor's decision. Our society itself is against such demonstrations," he said.

So, gays=bad, radical violent Christians=good?

Tiny minds never cease to amaze me.

Update: he's being sued over these comments. They haven't got a chance against him (when was the last time recently you've seen anyone in power pay for, well, anything?)