The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building has rejected the New Anti-Gay bill that would make it illegal to come out as gay in Russia , the Interfax news agency reported Monday.

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Dmitry Vyatkin, the deputy chairman of the committee said that the draft bill of the Anti-Gay Law was rejected “primarily due to the fact that from a formal legal perspective, the bill was illiterate,” the RBC news agency reported.

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The Anti-Gay Law is due to be considered by the State Duma in a first reading on Jan.19.

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