Posted on 12/15/2014 6:09:45 AM PST by wagglebee
A decision Thursday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will apply new restrictive anti-family pressure on nations wanting to host the Olympic Games. On December 8, the IOC unanimously approved a wide-ranging package of 40 recommendations, the Olympic Agenda 2020, that includes a rewording of its anti-discrimination Principle 6 clause to include a reference to "sexual orientation" as a protected category.
Hosting the games, or ‘belonging to the Olympic movement’ as its styled by the IOC, “requires compliance with the Olympic Charter and recognition by the IOC." Thus, countries hoping to host Olympic Games in the future, such as the two contenders for the 2022 Winter Games -- Almaty, Kazakhstan and Beijing, China -- would not be able to implement laws restricting homosexual proselytizing such as those enacted by Russia, or other measures aimed at limiting the spread of the harmful sexual behaviour.
The Principle 6 clause of the Olympic Charter will be amended to state that "any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement."
During the Winter Games held in Sochi, the Russian law banning homosexual propaganda aimed at children became a rallying point for homosexual activists bent on disrupting the Games.
However, prior to the commencement of the Games, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that while homosexuality itself is not a crime in Russia and homosexual people were welcome to attend the Sochi Olympics and could "feel safe and free" during the Winter Games, he warned them to “leave children in peace.”
"We don't outlaw anything and don't nab anyone. Our law prescribes no responsibility for these kinds of relationships unlike laws in some other countries do,” he said. “The games will be held in complete compliance with the Olympic Charter, without any discrimination on the basis of any characteristic," Putin added.
The IOC seemed at the time to be satisfied with this assurance, stating that, "The Games themselves should be open to all, free of discrimination, and that applies to spectators, officials, media and of course athletes. We would oppose in the strongest terms any move that would jeopardize this principle."
"To that end, the IOC has received assurances from the highest level of government in Russia that the legislation will not affect those attending or taking part in the Games," the IOC said.
At a press conference following the approval of the Olympic Agenda 2020, IOC President Thomas Bach touched on the contentious homosexuality issue without actually naming it.
"Some of the recommendations were not easy for certain members to swallow," Bach said. "Some may have hoped for no recommendation or a different recommendation on a specific issue."
"So it was encouraging that regardless of their individual interests or positions, they were determined to make Olympic Agenda 2020 a success. Speaking of the members, I have a great deal of respect for them to do this,” Bach concluded.
The world is now more Marxist / Fascist than Mother Russia. Who would believe that after 1989?
Queers uber alles!
The Olympics are not about sports anymore. They are a political stunt. A pure, laughable waste of time and a tremendous WASTE OF MONEY.
Lucky countries.
Remember this, though - the left doesn’t promote homos because they actually like homos,
they promote homos as an effective tool to criminalize Christianity.
Translation: Obeying the Judeo-Christian ethic is prohibited.
That’s what the whole pro-homo movement is about.
I’m betting that they’d cave in a moment if some Islamic country complained about this ban.
Maybe leftism really is a plot of l'ancient regime.
They can’t get anyone to bid on the Winter Olympics, and the field for potential Summer candidates continues to shrink because of the massive, and likely unrecoverable, costs. So of course, they use this “clout” to force an agenda.
Idiots.
The Olympics have been politicized for decades. Countries are expected to spend billions on creating an “Olympic Village”, only to see that investment never paying off. Those villages sit empty for the most part.
“Why don’t we just make homosexuality an Olympic event and be done with it?”
I was thinking the same thing. They celebrate sodomy like it is something special and everyone must participate.
“So, Mr. Smith, we know you are a great Olympian, but have you been sodomized recently? I mean, we can’t have you not participating with sodomy.”
The next step is HomoFreaks only in the Olympics. Normalizing perversion.
For those who care about the Olympics.
Even 76 had the boycott by African countries due to New Zealand being allowed in after their rugby team toured South Africa.
I don’t waste my time watching the Olympics. I also wouldn’t ever want to live near where they are taking place due to the huge disruption they cause. Nor would I ever want to foot the enormous debt they create.
However, none of those absences had the impact that the 1980 and 1984 boycotts did.
If I never saw another Olympics, it would be too soon.
Who wants to host the Olympics anyway? You spend billions to host a two-week event.
Just pull the plug on the Olympic Games it’s a waste of time and money
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