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Title: How About A Gold Medal For Human Rights For Gay People?
Post by: DriftingCrow on August 28, 2013, 06:42:44 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on August 28, 2013, 06:42:44 PM
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/28/216084693/how-about-a-gold-medal-for-human-rights-for-gay-people
Author: Frank Deford Source: NPR Morning Edition
[Audio clip: 3 minutes 20 seconds]
Frank Deford goes through the various protests/suggestions for dealing with Russia's anti-gay laws and the Olympics, and has a suggestion of his own.
"If there was any courage or decency in what is so smugly called the Olympic movement, there is one noble way to handle this. Simple: Every country which opposes Russia's ugly anti-gay laws should refuse to send its officials to the games in Sochi."
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Ah, I always enjoy listening to Frank Deford in the morning.
Author: Frank Deford Source: NPR Morning Edition
[Audio clip: 3 minutes 20 seconds]
Frank Deford goes through the various protests/suggestions for dealing with Russia's anti-gay laws and the Olympics, and has a suggestion of his own.
"If there was any courage or decency in what is so smugly called the Olympic movement, there is one noble way to handle this. Simple: Every country which opposes Russia's ugly anti-gay laws should refuse to send its officials to the games in Sochi."
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Ah, I always enjoy listening to Frank Deford in the morning.