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Photo gallery | Gay rights protesters arrested Saturday by riot police in Moscow

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A Finnish Gay Rights protester is taken away by riot police officers in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. Moscow police have violently dispersed a gay pride parade banned by the authorities. Riot police broke up a protest by around 20 gay pride activists, dragging them into detention buses. Activists called Russia's alleged homophobia "a disgrace." (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

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British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell holds a a poster reading "Gay Rights" during a gay rights protest in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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Gay Rights protestors wave a poster reading "Gay Rights", Belarus national, background left, and Belarus opposition, background right, flags during their action in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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Gay Rights protestors wave Belarus national, background left, and Belarus opposition, background right, flags during their action in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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A Russian Gay Rights protestor is taken away by police officers in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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A Gay Rights protestor is detained by a police officer in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Gay Rights protestors wave Belarus national, left, and Belarus opposition, right, flags during their action in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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A Russian Gay Rights protestor is taken away by riot police officers in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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A Russian Gay Rights protestor is taken away by riot police officers in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Russian Gay Rights protestors are taken away by riot police officers in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Russian Gay Rights protestors are taken away by riot police officers in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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Russian Gay Rights protestors are taken away by riot police officers in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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I thank God because I live in a country where gay rights are day after day more accepted. God bless Canada!

thats pretty unfair for the russian gay community

It is fairly obvious when somebody is born overweight that they will constantly be faced with the challenge of staying thin their whole life. This will be something that they have to work at harder than other people. If somebody were born gay this would be another thing they have to work at harder than most people.

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