President Vladimir Putin has ruled out legalizing gay marriage in Russia.
Speaking on Thursday in Kremlin, where he met a state commission to
discuss the changes to Russia’s constitution, the 67-year-old spoke
against allowing the traditional notion of mother and father to be
‘subverted’ by what he called “parent number 1” and “parent number 2”.
“As far as ‘parent number 1’ and ‘parent number 2’ goes, I’ve already
spoken publicly about this and I’ll repeat it again: as long as I’m
president this will not happen. There will be dad and mum,” Putin said.
Last month, Dmitry
Medvedev, the prime minister of Russia and the entire Russian
government resigned after President Vladimir Putin proposed a
constitutional reform that would allow him to remain in power
indefinitely.
While addressing his parliament at that time, Putin proposed a
referendum on amending Russia’s constitution to increase the powers of
parliament while maintaining a strong presidential system.
“I consider it necessary to conduct a vote by the country’s
citizens on an entire package of proposed amendments to the country’s
constitution,” Putin said.