A star in Russia's popular answer to U.S. medical sitcom "Scrubs" has added to mounting mood of homophobia in the country by saying he wants to burn gay people alive as they pose a danger to his children.

Russia

“I’d put them all alive in the oven … it’s a living danger to my children,” Ivan Okhlobystin said at a chat with fans in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.

Local news website News.ngs.ru reported Wednesday that Okhlobystin, a father of six, ranted about “gay fascism” and demanded that “faggots” be stripped of their voting rights as homosexuality is a “psychical anomaly.”

Read more: www.themoscowtimes.com

Tagged:
About the Author

Staff members publishes stories from other news outlets from around the world.