WHY THE OLYMPIANS SHOULD RETURN THEIR MEDALS TO RUSSIA “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi As Putin invades a sovereign country, #Ukraine, what are we to expect from a nation with a growing conservative movement across the region that has led to new anti-gay laws and a growing homophobic environment*? The rights of gay men and women are important in Russia, #Uganda, Arizona, Kansas, in fact all of the United States and worldwide...anti-gay rhetoric and anti-gay laws created to trample on the rights of any minority are indicative of a nation and people with little moral authenticity, commitment to democracy and are cowards empowering a #godless #dictators tyranny that has potential to bring the entire World to the brink of war. #WW3 This is why gay rights (#humanrights) are important to speak out for, stand up for and fight for in every country. “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” What was accomplished by the United States participation and corporate sponsorship in the #Sochi2014 Winter #Olympics condoning Russias #antigay laws and persecution of gay men and women? The Winter Olympics motto was Hot. Cool. Yours. Obviously, #Putin took this literally as a message to take Ukraine for his own. Having rejected a proposed boycott of the 1936 Olympics, the United States and other western democracies missed the opportunity to take a stand that—some observers at the time claimed—might have given Hitler pause and bolstered international resistance to Nazi tyranny.* World athletes who participated in #Sochi2014 #Olympics have an opportunity to be true champions and to be on the right side of history now by sending their #Gold, #Silver and #Bronze medals back to Vladimir Putin to represent a word wide call for peace to make #Putin know that the world is watching, not just #Sochi anymore, but all of #Russia...that is the spirit of the Olympics; the spirit of humanity; the spirit of peace. *en.ria.ru/world/20130618/181721132/Russian-Gays-in-US-Call-for-Boycott-of-Sochi-Games.html (RIA Novosti) *ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005680 (United States #Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Posted on: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:42:31 +0000
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