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Russian female athletes defend their purely friendly, not gay, kiss
Pravda ^ | 08/20/2013 | Pravda

Posted on 08/20/2013 9:50:13 PM PDT by TexGrill

Russian female athletes Yulia Gushchina and Ksenia Ryzhova denied Western media reports that said that their kiss at the award ceremony of the 2013 Athletics World Championships in Moscow was an action to support sexual minorities.

"I did what everyone does on a pedestal," said Gushchina, having learned about the response of Western journalists to the photograph, on which the two athletes are shown kissing on a pedestal at Luzhniki stadium. According to her, the kiss was an expression of joy for the gold medal and nothing more.

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To: D Rider

” “I did what everyone does on a pedestal,”

I won the javelin in high school and never in my mind was to smooch another dude on the podium. That’s effing disgusting and I would get my ass kicked back at school.


21 posted on 08/20/2013 11:21:38 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: D Rider

Well said. Dirty people will see dirt everywhere they look.


22 posted on 08/20/2013 11:25:40 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: ReignOfError

They’re both beautiful. I’d be proud to be out with either of them on my arm.


23 posted on 08/20/2013 11:29:01 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: ReignOfError
In order to break the dead lock I think Laz needs to weigh in. If Laz would hit both of them then it's defiantly not guilty for Gushchina.
24 posted on 08/20/2013 11:39:16 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: ReignOfError

Guschina sorta looks like a bleach-blonde Rooney Mara.


25 posted on 08/20/2013 11:59:05 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Jet Jaguar

That’s it?

Looks like two chicks congratulating each other.

Yawn....


26 posted on 08/21/2013 12:16:31 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: ReignOfError

Good call.


27 posted on 08/21/2013 12:17:28 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: ReignOfError

I would kiss her all day long and do anything else she wanted me to do to/for her....


28 posted on 08/21/2013 12:18:47 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Vendome

I would kiss her all day long...


Gigadee


30 posted on 08/21/2013 3:08:42 AM PDT by RetSignman (Standing my ground against group think.)
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To: TexGrill

Kiss another guy? Hell, I only shake their hands so they can reach their swords.


31 posted on 08/21/2013 4:55:38 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: doc1019

Not on the lips for heaven sakes! What is wrong with people?


32 posted on 08/21/2013 7:21:16 AM PDT by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
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To: FreedomStar3028
Looks like a kiss to the right of the lips.

Yes. That's the way a lot of people, including my Serbian brother-in-law, do it. I, as an Anglo-Saxon, usually try to aim for the cheek.

33 posted on 08/21/2013 7:26:53 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Oh yeh I always kiss my girlfriend like that when we meet for our monthly Ruby Tuesday luncheon. Eeeew!! :-)


34 posted on 08/21/2013 10:11:49 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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