Human Rights Watch director of global initiatives Minky Worden on why the country’s anti-gay laws undermine the spirit of the games. Photo credit: Getty Imag…
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The host nailed it, good job Miss. “Businesses aren’t going out of Russia
because of Gay rights, they’re going out because there’s no rule of law in
Russia”. Russia has had this problem for decades and still does. Investors
won’t touch it until it’s politically stable and non-corrupted. I demand
that the human rights girl doesn’t try and spin the economic problem into a
gay thing.
At the end, they expressed their pride in the number of Russians who’ve won
gold medals. Putin’s views on gays seem contradictory given that so many
famous ballet danseurs, male gymnasts and ice skaters are homosexuals.
Not defending Putin but his views on Gay marriage are no different than
many other European countries, ALL Latin American countries, Japan, South
Korea and ALL other Asian countries yet no one talked about them..the
double standard is sickening depending on who is doing what