Latvian Extremists Demand Cancellation Of Gay Pride

May 30, 2007 on 4:18 pm | In Gay News |

>(Riga) Members of a broad spectrum of groups on the far right in Latvia staged a noisy demonstration in front of the Parliament on Wednesday demanding that lawmakers ban a gay pride parade scheduled for June 3.

>The groups included skinheads, extreme nationalists, neo-Nazis and churchgoers.

>More than 100 protestors shouted homophobic slogans and handed out T-shirts to passersby bearing anti-gay messages.

>It is the latest in ongoing battles between liberals and conservatives in Latvia.

>Last year the capital city of Riga refused to grant a parade permit citing security reasons following a recommendation from Latvian Interior Minister Dzintars Jaundzeikars.

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