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Austin Ruse of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) has apparently recovered from his ordeal of having seen a lesbian couple on a cookery programme, and has now travelled to Russia, he says,...to thank its government for its strong position on these issues at the United Nations, and to let them know American conservatives favor the recent homosexual law.
Ruse notes evidence of a gay scene in Moscow, and concludes that
We hear many things about Russia these days: corruption, crackdown, authoritarianism - from Human Rights Watch, ACLU, Amnesty International. And from conservative folks, too. But, I wonder if things are so clear-cut as we are led to believe.
Claims about a Russian war on gays is false. I wonder what else is false. What I know is a religious revival is going on in Russia. And the Orthodox Church is leading it.
...Russia is rightly criticized for some of its acts, but it may also be under attack for reasons we cannot wholly see.
While he was there, Ruse met with two high-profile and powerful lay activists within the Orthodox Church:
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