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High treason, a charge used liberally by kings and queens in the Middle Ages, is being vigorously pursued in modern Russia to root out perceived internal enemies."It exploded in 2014," said Ivan Pavlov, a defence lawyer based in St. Petersburg, Russia. At least 15 people were convicted of state treason that year, "triple the average number of previous years," Pavlov said."And we expect the numbers in 2015 to show the same."Russia is fighting a secret war — within its own borders. Amid the already paranoid and militaristic mood that exists inside Russia today, security services are tracking and swooping down on those they consider traitors.In November 2012, following anti-government protests, President Vladimir Putin strengthened and broadened the criminal code provisions governing treason and espionage — at the urging of the FSB, the country's security service. With the amendments, high treason includes any "financial, material, technical, advisory or any other support given to a foreign country or to international or foreign organizations engaged in activities against the security of the Russian Federation."
It doesn't concern you, Sister, that kind of absolutist view of the universe? Right and wrong determined solely by a single all-knowing, all powerful being whose judgment cannot be questioned and in whose name the most horrendous acts can be sanctioned without appeal?
Being required by someone else’s religious beliefs to behave contrary to one’s sexual identity is degrading and disrespectful.
