traditional values issue, the thing that you actually began with. the gay pride parades in europe. that sounds ridiculous, and it is ridiculous cause for war, but it s not ridiculous when you get into the way president putin tries to bring the russian people together. he is focused very much on what they call traditional values similar to the united states. you know, gay rights, abortion, marriage, et cetera. those are all issues that are very big in russia, as well. and so when the russian orthodox church talks about gay pride parade, they actually people in russia sometimes described europe as gay-roba, not europa but gay-ropa. the center they would argue of horrible, immoral living, and the united states is, too. wow. fascinating to learn more about