The head of the State Duma Committee on Family Issues called gays sick and said that they need to be treated
The head of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, Tamara Pletneva, in an interview with TV presenter Vladimir Pozner on Channel One, called gays sick and said that they need to be treated. Posner asked whether Pletnev supported criminal punishment for homosexuality. “I am for it, and, besides, we have already adopted laws that are very strict for this,” said Pletneva. — That is, criminal punishment? — Posner clarified. — Criminal punishment, yes, yes.