A vaguely written “gay propaganda” law passed in 2013 created a toxic environment for gay men and lesbians in Russia. Now, some lawmakers want to further denigrate and stigmatize gay people. A new bill scheduled for debate on Friday in the lower house of Parliament would allow the authorities to impose fines and even jail time for public displays of affection between people of the same sex.

The law would criminalize “the public expression of nontraditional sexual relations, manifested in a public demonstration of personal perverted sexual preferences in public spaces.” If such displays of affection happen in educational or cultural institutions, a jail sentence of up to 15 days can be imposed.

Ivan Nikitchuk, one of the lawmakers who introduced the bill, described it as an effort to preserve longstanding social norms. “This is our country, where we’ve always respected traditions, where we’ve always had and still have today a conscience and the concept of shame,” he told the Russian news site Meduza. “And all these bearded men kissing is nothing but nauseating.”