Putin's United Russia Party Created a 'Straight Pride' Flag in Response to the Rainbow Flag

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Earlier this week, the United Russian Party—Putin's political party, which holds a little more than 50 percent of the seats in Russia's legislature—unveiled a "straight pride" flag in response to the LGBT rainbow flag. The group debuted the new flag at Moscow's Sokolniki Park on the Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity, which features the phrase "#настоящаясемья," meaning "real family" or "true family." Right above that is United Russia's definition of the true family—a man, a woman, two boys, and one girl.

"We are speaking of the traditional family," Andrey Lisovenko of the United Russia Party told the Guardian, just a week after the US Supreme Court ruled that US citizens can marry whomever they damn well please. "We mean the average, standard Russia family that is ours as you see illustrated in the logo—mother, father, and three children."

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The Guardian's video goes on to report that Russian officials were trying to ban the rainbow flag, even on social media. Homosexuality is technically not illegal in Russia, but the new "straight flag" has been starting conversation about a 2013 Russia law book in which Vladimir Putin banned symbols promoting "non-traditional" values, the Independent points out.

Not all anti-gay supporters are pleased with the flag, though. The French anti-gay marriage group called La Manif Pour Tous are a bit miffed, claiming that the Russian propaganda flag is nearly identical to their own straight pride flag. The only difference is that the United Russian flag has three children instead of two.

Anti-gay and plagiarists? Bad look, United Russia Party.