The gay culture is getting louder and louder and spreading like a wildfire (sorry to use a bad pun). Not sure why.
Is it because we humans are getting more tolerant (highly doubt it) or are we getting more lenient sexually? Or some other reason? Or are we deluding ourselves into thinking that since we're sophisticated and all that, we must be very, very tolerant and support anything anyone does? And why do we care so much about these issues?
Putin is a politician so lets not take him too seriously.
Just like the "epidemic" of teachers getting it on with students and teens, homosexuality is nothing new for our species.
It's just that homosexual people are becoming more visible now because, at least in some countries, society has reached the point of saying that it is
not ok to murder someone for being gay.
Once you start saying, "We're not going to kill you because of who you are," then yes, people in that group are indeed going to come out of the shadows they'd previously been forced into by an oppressive society. They didn't just suddenly "become" that way because of some imagined "gay agenda." They were just fully aware that revealing a key part of who they were would easily mean a bottom-tier existence, or even death.
You'll also start to see them in oppressive societies more and more: Once they see other nations where gay people can live normal lives, they'll of course want to enjoy similar treatment right where they are.
Don't like it? Don't go to Russia.
I may not agree with Russia's stance on it...but it's their country and their decision.
I didn't much care for the "Love the USA or get out!" mentality that constantly shows up whenever someone decries the actions of our government. This is no different.
Progress isn't found by simply removing or displacing those with differing opinions. It leads to the stagnation of those who are stuck in a pool of identical thinking and behavior.
Yes, it's their country. But they are still people living there. People who want what we want: To be left alone to live out their lives in peace, as they see fit. Oppression still causes injury, regardless of which side of a government-drawn line in the dirt you're standing on.