I am not one of those who is upset about Putin's op-ed in the New York Times. It seems to me to be the sort of international dialog and exchange of ideas that could be useful. However, I am one of the gay Americans who is upset about the course that law and policy toward LGBT's has been following in Russia.
My proposal is that LGBT advocacy groups should take this opportunity to ask Putin to return the favor. Since he had the opportunity to express himself to the American public, it would seem reasonable to request equal time for the LGBT point of view in the Russian media. I'm sure that President Putin would have the ability to arrange that.