Olympic games will soon be held in Russia and gay rights groups are asking Pres. Obama and others to boycott them due to Russia’s treatment of gays. It’s apparently illegal to talk about being gay on the radio, television or in newspapers.
Via Sky News:
Calls are growing for a boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Russia in protest at what campaigners have called its “barbaric” new homophobic laws.
Broadcaster Stephen Fry has appealed directly to David Cameron and members of the International Olympic Committee [IOC] to stop the games being held in Russia, comparing Vladimir Putin’s treatment of gay people to Adolf Hitler’s treatment of Jews.
He said allowing the games to go ahead in Putin’s Russia would be comparable to the decision to hold the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.
Four-time Olympic champion diver Greg Louganis yesterday delivered a 320,000 signature petition to IOC headquarters in Switzerland, urging it to condemn Russia’s “anti-gay laws”