Serbia Bans Gay Pride March Again

For third year in a row

Serbia's government banned gay activists from marching in Belgrade for the third year running on Friday, citing a threat to public safety from right-wing hooligans but risking EU condemnation before the expected start of accession talks.

The last Gay Pride march in 2010 triggered a day of rioting by right-wing nationalists in the capital, Belgrade.

Western ambassadors had heaped pressure on Serbia to allow this year's event to go ahead on Saturday, as a litmus test of the Balkan country's commitment to tolerance and diversity. The EU is due to launch membership talks in January.

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[pogi]

From the article:

"Everyone's a loser here, except the hooligans who for the third consecutive year have proved they can tell that state what it can and cannot do," he said.

Boggles the progressive mind that the state should be beholden to citizens.