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DESCRIPTION:Who: BoycottRussianVodka.com and Gays Without Borders  \nWhat: Picket line 
 and speak out  \nWhere: St Nicholas Cathedral (pictured)\nLocation: 2005 - 
 15th Street, between Church and Market Streets\nDate: Sunday, August 25, 
 2013\nWhen: 11:00 AM\n\nProtesters will peaceably challenge the Russian 
 Orthodox Church in San Francisco over its support for Russia's 
 anti-homosexual propaganda law that has led to rising violence and 
 anti-LGBT bigotry in that country.\n\nRussian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill I, 
 who lives in Moscow, is a leading proponent of the law. Patriarch Kirill is 
 a longtime supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two 
 leaders both strongly back the recently enacted anti-gay propaganda law 
 that bans any pro-gay statement or demonstrations in public or private and 
 on the Internet. The law, which was enacted in June, has drawn 
 international condemnation.\n\nSpeaking in the English-language Moscow 
 Times on July 21, Patriarch Kirill said of same-sex marriage, "Those who 
 are true to their conscience in fighting these minority-imposed laws are 
 subject to repression. It's a very dangerous sign of the 
 apocalypse."\n\nThis action is designed to show the love and beauty of LGBT 
 people through the display of the rainbow flag, our international symbol of 
 acceptance and respect for our community.\n\nThe St. Nicholas Cathedral in 
 the gay Castro district is under the control and direction of Patriarch 
 Kirill, who in December 2010 appointed Father Leonid Kazakov of the St. 
 Petersburg diocese to lead the San Francisco church. Emails and voice mails 
 to the church have not been returned.\n\nOn Sunday, August 25, starting at 
 11:00 am, which is after the worship service at St. Nicholas' church, 
 members of the LGBT community will speak outside the church on the public 
 sidewalk for acceptance and respect for the Russian LGBT community and call 
 for the repeal of the anti-gay law. Rainbow flags will be displayed on the 
 sidewalk.\n\nCommunity organizers Robbie Sweeny of BoycottRussianVodka.com 
 and Michael Petrelis of Gays Without Borders are coordinating the picket 
 line and speak out.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/08/19/18741810.php
SUMMARY:Gay picket at Castro pro-Putin Russian Church
LOCATION:St Nicholas Church\n2005 - 15th Street, between Market and Church
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/08/19/18741810.php
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