Posted on 08/19/2013 5:28:48 AM PDT by celmak
Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firov won a world championship as a part of the 4x400m relay team at the IAAF track championships in Moscow. They edged out the American and British teams for the gold. While on the medal stand, they kissed to protest their own country's anti-gay propaganda laws.
This isn't the first protest of Russia's laws that penalize anyone for talking about homosexuality in front of children, but it's the most visible one done by Russian athletes. U.S. runner Nick Symmonds dedicated his silver medal in the 800m to his gay friends back home, and Swedish high jumper Emma Green Tregaro painted her nails in a rainbow in honor of LGBT pride.
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I found nothing more offensive than the pictures of our fag and lesbo soldiers kissing.
Somehow, I cannot see Vladimir smiling and nodding at this.
Pussy Riot 2 anyone?
What’s worse, our country is spreading this disease.
There was no protest. It was just a kiss between two friends. Very common among Eastern Europeans: http://inagist.com/all/369126691035045889/
There was no protest. It was just a kiss between two friends. Very common among Eastern Europeans: http://inagist.com/all/369126691035045889/
Siberia has training camps. As they are about to discover.
Why don’t they just come to New Jersey? Nobody will be allowed to try to cure their illness here!
Very common among Eastern Europeans
Yes, just like same sex dancing. Makes you think that the story was written to advance an agenda.
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http://www.france24.com/en/20130820-russia-gold-medalist-athlete-women-viral-photo-kissing-podium-insulted-propaganda-claims-protest-anti-gay
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