With the stroke of a pen, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally enacted a series of anti-LGBTQ+ amendments banning marriage equality and transgender adoptions, and centering “a belief in God” as a core value of the country. The homophobic and transphobic amendments were passed last July in a national referendum, with over 77 percent of voters casting their ballots in support of the measures. According to a report in the AP, the new rules also reset Putin’s term limits as president, meaning he can serve an additional two six-year terms in office.

    • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      spending all my nights, all my money going out on the town, doing anything just to get you off of my :galaxy-brain:

      but when the morning comes, im right back where i started again, and trying to forget you is just a waste of time

      :lenin-pensive: come back, any kind of fool could see, there was something in everything about you

      :lenin-pogger: come back, you can blame it all on me. i was wrong, and i just cant live without you

      all day long, wearing a :party-parrot-mask: of false bravado, trying to keep up a :che-smile: that hides a tear, but as the sun goes down, i get that empty feeling again

      how i :inshallah-script: that you were here

      :lenin-cat: come back, oh :lenin-protect-kitty:, any kind of fool could see, there was something in everything about you

      :lenin-fancy: come back, you can blame it all on me, i was wrong, and i just cant live without you

      now that i put it all together, give me the chance to make you see

      have you used up all the love in your :lenin-heart:?

      nothing left for me? aint there nothing left for me?

      :lenin-shining: come back, oh darling, any kind of fool could see, there was something in everything about you

      :lenin-cat: come back, listen :lenin-protect-kitty:, you can blame it all on me

      i was wrong, and i just cant live without you

      :ussr-cry: