Saving face: there are reports that Russian MPs are considering revising their anti-gay laws before the Sochi Olympics

From Gay Star News: 

Russian MPs from several political parties have submitted a proposal to amend the country’s anti-gay propaganda law, according to Queer Russia. 

If the proposal is signed into law, it would ban the promotion of any sexual relations to underage children. Currently only the promotion of ‘non-traditional’ sexual relations, such as same-sex partnerships, is forbidden. 

MPs from the country’s political parties United Russia, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Communist Party submitted the proposal on Friday (24 January). 

The bill would exclude the term ‘non-traditional’ from the title of Article 6.21 in the Code of Administrative Offences, ‘Propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations’. Similar amendments are also proposed in two other laws relating to the protection and rights of children in Russia