Anti-gay Russian propaganda says gays adopt so they can rape children

A Russian group’s video making the rounds on the Internet uses bad science and homophobic lies against LGBT people, saying, for instance, that they adopt children so they can abuse the children sexually.

Americablog's John Aravosis found the repulsive anti-gay clip and posted it to YouTube. He writes:

A newly-discovered anti-gay video making the rounds in Russia claims that gays adopt children so that they’ll have a readily available source of kids to rape.

Even more troubling, the video bases its adoption-child-rape assertion on a debunked faux-scientific “study” from Mark Regnerus, a religious right researcher whose “gay parenting” study was roundly rebuked for only including two kids who actually grew up with gay parents. Yes, a whopping review of 2 children makes a scientific “study” of gay parenting.

The “study” was also called “bullsh*t” by an auditor after it was published. Of course, what’s more, even the very anti-gay Regnerus “study” does not conclude that 1/3 of gay parents rape their own kids, which this new video claims.

His study widely denounced, even Regnerus has said his study has been misunderstood, and this week he specifically objected to a Russian legislator for citing it as justification for a proposed law to remove children from gay parents’ households.

Thanks to John Aravosis for bringing this hideous propaganda to light. This is truly sick stuff. Watch the video below if you have the stomach for it.