Cenk Uygur
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Russia Declares War On Gay Emojis
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August 9, 2015
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August 9, 2015
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5:06Now PlayingRussian politicians are waging a war on gay emojis. A Russian senator claims that these emojis violate the country’s gay propaganda laws. Ana Kasparian (The Point), Becca Frucht (Pop Sugar), and Karamo Brown hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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"Russian Sen. Mikhail Marchenko has had it with emoji depicting same-sex relationships. He alleged the same-sex parenting and kissing emoji violate Russia's 2013 law against gay propaganda, according to translations of a Russian newspaper report from Quartz and BBC News."
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