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Blackhawks won't wear Pride warmups over security concerns
Associated Press ^ | March 23, 2023

Posted on 03/23/2023 4:42:37 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks will not wear Pride-themed warmup jerseys before Sunday's Pride Night game against the visiting Vancouver Canucks because of security concerns involving a Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBTQIA+ rights in the country.

The decision was made by the NHL organization following discussions with security officials within and outside the franchise, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to the AP on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the move.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: blackhawks; hockey; homosexuals
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Guaranteed the pro-homosexual crowd will be criticizing the Blackhawks logo.
1 posted on 03/23/2023 4:42:37 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Good for the Blackhawks. Now if they could win a few games…

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2 posted on 03/23/2023 4:43:57 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Because of a “Russian Law”?? Are you kidding me?

“RUSSIAN LAW”, just think about that ‘reason’ or the ‘reasoning’ behind it.


3 posted on 03/23/2023 4:49:51 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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Now if they could win a few games

Hey...they beat my Bruins pretty handily last week so...that's somethin'.

4 posted on 03/23/2023 4:50:50 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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To: Tupelo

The reasoning is that the Blackhawks currently have three players on their roster of Russian descent or who have family in Russia—defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, forward Philipp Kurashev and goaltender Anton Khudobin. Zaitsev and Khudobin were born


5 posted on 03/23/2023 4:53:48 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Every player should refuse to wear that crap.


6 posted on 03/23/2023 4:54:28 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Tupelo

...in Russia...I meant to add.


7 posted on 03/23/2023 4:54:46 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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Why would there be a “Pride Night” in the NHL anyway? Fags could never play hockey...the fights don’t include slapping and biting.


8 posted on 03/23/2023 5:03:50 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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Nope- this is the second article in three days posted on FR blaming Russia and Putin because NHL players don’t want to wear fag flags’ on their jersey. The criminal liberal media has their marching orders:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4139643/posts?page=8#8


9 posted on 03/23/2023 5:10:42 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: ConservativeStatement

It’s the Russians. Again.


10 posted on 03/23/2023 5:18:47 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The government's lying liars love to lie)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Ha, ha! It has nothing to do with a Russian law. They simply don’t want the fans to boo loudly enough to be heard throughout the country.


11 posted on 03/23/2023 5:20:10 AM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: Tupelo

Sounds like the team didn’t want it, the fans would hate it, management just wants to sell tickets, and this was the best the general counsel could find, so they went with it.


12 posted on 03/23/2023 5:20:31 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

The nhl problem is this idiot

https://www.nhl.com/news/kim-davis-appointed-as-nhl-executive-vice-president/c-293406100


13 posted on 03/23/2023 5:26:54 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Rule #1 of professional hockey: Don’t be a fag.


14 posted on 03/23/2023 5:28:12 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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Fags could never play hockey...the fights don’t include slapping and biting.

So they're not allowed to carry their purse onto the ice?

15 posted on 03/23/2023 5:28:23 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust!)
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I wonder when the left will criticize names in the NHL: Blackhawks, Lightning, Hurricanes...


16 posted on 03/23/2023 5:29:58 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi.. Hello 2023, can we get over 2020 yet? )
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To: ConservativeStatement

More proof of how pathetic our country has bowed down to 1% of the population. 1 FCKN PERCENT!


17 posted on 03/23/2023 5:30:27 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Tupelo

““RUSSIAN LAW”, just think about that ‘reason’ or the ‘reasoning’ behind it.”

Sounds more like an excuse for the fact that most NHL players know where to put their wangs and want NOTHING to do with this ‘pride’ crap. They figure dump the issue on Putin’s back, since every other problem in the world gets dumped there.


18 posted on 03/23/2023 5:31:08 AM PDT by BobL
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To: God luvs America

That makes more sense


19 posted on 03/23/2023 5:34:20 AM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: ConservativeStatement

Problem is that there is nothing to be proud about.


20 posted on 03/23/2023 5:36:30 AM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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