| Moscow gay march organizers call for probe into attack on ...
Moscow, September 8, Interfax - Organizers of the unsanctioned gay pride march that took place in Moscow on May 27 have filed an appeal with the Moscow prosecutor's office, which earlier refused to open a criminal case into an attack on German Bundestag Member Volker Beck, a participant in the event. "Organizers of the gay march protest the decision by the deputy prosecutor of the Tverskaya inter-district prosecutor's office to refuse to open a criminal case into the attack on Bundestag member Beck," a statement published on the GayRussia.ru web site on Friday reads. "Beck sent an appeal to the Russian Prosecutor's General Office demanding a criminal case be opened against Aleksey Napylov, who said that he does not regret his actions in an interview with the Russian version of the Newsweek journal," the press release reads.
Cleric wades into gay pride row
The Catholic Archbishop of Glagow has controversially defended the nine firemen who have been disciplined for refusing to distribute fire safety leaflets at a gay pride event. One officer was demoted, eight others were given warnings, and all were required to attend diversity training after they disobeyed orders to attend the Pride Scotia event in Glasgow. But Mario Conti, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, issued a statement today saying that the disciplinary action was 'dismaying'. Archbishop Conti said that 'the duty to obey one's conscience is a higher duty than that of obeying orders.' While some of the firemen had said that they were refusing to give fire prevention advice at the event in June because they had religious objections, other refused to do so simply because they said it would be embarrassing.
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