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davidpdx

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9. South Korea is still very conservative and has a long way to go before gays are accepted
Tue Jul 14, 2015, 01:37 AM
Jul 2015

There was a whole battle over trying to get permits for the parade last month and conservatives were applying for permits on the same day to prevent it. The police ended up telling the gay pride parade organizers no and it went before a judge and was reversed. I saw an article in an online newspaper/blog (not sure what to call it) that did an interview with one of these conservative pastors here in Korea and reading it made me want to hurl.

It seems there is still a fair amount of censorship in terms of certain subjects unless of course you are a conservative. I really have to bite my tongue not to tell Koreans how much it pisses me off. Even though I have residency, I still have to mind my manners a bit.

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