Day of the Opening Ceremonies, and the Homophobe-Lympics are off to a disturbing start.
St. Petersburg: 4 LGBT activists arrested in protests. Homophobes left untouched.
Moscow: Ten more arrested.
(Source) (Video article from The Advocate, leading some to believe that the instant the Games are over and the world turns it's back, the REAL ugliness begins.)
Google protested by making it's daily Doodle for the Opening Ceremonies, though in honor of the Olympic athletes, with a rainbow background.
They then stated this from the Olympic Charter, which no one should be left to believe after this boondoggle:
"The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the
possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and
in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit
of friendship, solidarity and fair play."
Chevrolet's Olympic ads have gay couples in them as well.
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