Flutterby™! : Better dead than red (state)?

So first we had Vladimir Putin defending the U.S. on spying programs and crackdowns on domestic dissent (Previously), now we have some U.S. Conservatives praising Russia's crackdowns on gay rights.

Remember when supporters of the Soviet Union were harassed and run out of their professions?

In a sign of Russia's evolving stature among some U.S. social conservatives, the Illinois-based World Congress of Families plans to hold its eighth Advertisement international conference at the Kremlin's Palace of Congresses in Moscow next year. Past conferences in Europe, Mexico and Australia have brought together opponents of abortion and same-sex marriage from dozens of countries.

"The Kremlin used to be a no-no for conservatives," said Larry Jacobs, managing director of the World Congress. "We're going to redeem that building."