Russian fundamentalists sue US, want state of Alaska back!
18 March 2013 7:28 AM IST
US President Barack Obama must have known that his support of gay marriage would bring him trouble. But of all possible repercussions, a demand to roll back Alaska’s 1867 sale to the US was one he was unlikely to have seen coming.
And yet, that was the very claim that an ultraconservative religious group made in a Moscow arbitrage court, citing the need to protect fellow Christians from sin. Obama’s reported plans to legalise same-sex marriage threatens the freedom of religion of Alaska’s Orthodox Christians, who ‘would never accept sin for normal behaviour’, according to the non-governmental group Pchyolki (‘Bees’).
Obama has often spoken in support of LGBT rights, including in his 2012 presidential address. But though he criticised bans on gay marriage imposed in various US states, he never voiced plans for a federal bill to legalise same-sex marriage. ‘We see it as our duty to protect their right to freely practice their religion, which allows no tolerance to sin,’ the group said in a statement on their website.
The Pchyolki also cited technical violations of the terms of the 1867 deal that saw Russia sell Alaska to the US government for $7.2 million, or two cents per acre.
Payment was made by cheque and not gold coins as specified in the contract, the group said.
And yet, that was the very claim that an ultraconservative religious group made in a Moscow arbitrage court, citing the need to protect fellow Christians from sin. Obama’s reported plans to legalise same-sex marriage threatens the freedom of religion of Alaska’s Orthodox Christians, who ‘would never accept sin for normal behaviour’, according to the non-governmental group Pchyolki (‘Bees’).
Obama has often spoken in support of LGBT rights, including in his 2012 presidential address. But though he criticised bans on gay marriage imposed in various US states, he never voiced plans for a federal bill to legalise same-sex marriage. ‘We see it as our duty to protect their right to freely practice their religion, which allows no tolerance to sin,’ the group said in a statement on their website.
The Pchyolki also cited technical violations of the terms of the 1867 deal that saw Russia sell Alaska to the US government for $7.2 million, or two cents per acre.
Payment was made by cheque and not gold coins as specified in the contract, the group said.
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