A Kiev court has banned what would have been Ukraine's first gay pride event, claiming it would disrupt annual Kiev Day celebrations.<br /><br />Gay rights activists had planned to hold an Equality March on Saturday but opponents led by the Orthodox Church objected.<br /><br />Archpriest Georgy Kovalenko of the of Ukrainian Orthodox Church gave the Church's grounds for complaint:<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/