Your AM Russian gay Olympic implosion update

[William769]

The morning news roundup about Russia’s crackdown on its gay and trans citizens, and the global backlash against the Sochi Olympics.

FIFA soccer body asks Russia to clarify anti-gay law.

The International Olympic Committee would prefer that gays remain closeted during the Olympics, or they may kick you out.

MSNBC: “Since Putin’s re-election in 2012, over 5,000 people have been arrested in more than 200 protests over anti-gay laws, according to figures from Amnesty International.”

You can always count on the self-loathing Log Cabin Republicans, who have been entirely absent from this entire controversy, to now say something idiotic after the rest of us just spent two weeks blowing the entire issue up in the media worldwide:

http://americablog.com/2013/08/russia-gay-olympics-sochi-2014-games.html

Much more at link.

[theHandpuppet]

1. I wonder if a democraphic study has ever been done re LCR

Just informally, I've looked at photos of past LCR conventions and it would appear to me the majority of LCRs have three things in common: white, male and wealthy. Like I said, just a takeaway from photos of past conventions.