Tom Palmer, writing a column
in the Washington Blade, looks at why intolerance toward gays, in
Russia and elsewhere, puts economic growth at risk:
Studies...have demonstrated quite effectively that the more open and welcoming a city or region is to peaceful diversity, the more economically productive, prosperous and commercially and technologically advanced it is likely to be.
But the fight against "insularity, prejudice, poverty, and
backwardness" will be a long one, over there and over
here.
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