From Russia, With Hate

They brought us Gulag labor camps, brutal purges and 40-plus years of Eastern European repression. Now the Russians, who once refused to recognize a higher power, suddenly embrace the concept of evil. But not as it applies to their history, or at least not in the case of Moscow's mayor.

No, he thinks gay pride parades are Satanic.

Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov said Monday he would never allow a gay parade to take place in Moscow despite pressure from the West, Russia's RIA-Novosti news agency reports.

"Last year, Moscow came under unprecedented pressure to sanction the gay parade, which can be described in no other way than as Satanic," Luzhkov said at the 15th Christmas educational readings in the Kremlin Palace.

"We did not let the parade take place then, and we are not going to allow it in the future," said Luzhkov who has been in office since 1992.

Funny, but I thought all those Victory Day parades with their big giant missiles and tanks were nothing more than overcompensation.

Russia ... never liked it, never will. From us at BaT to you, kiss our queer American asses.