52 Olympic Athletes Urge Russia to Repeal Anti-Gay Law

More than 50 Olympic athletes have come together to urge Russian officials to repeal the country’s highly controversial "homosexual propaganda" law, which aims to ban "non-traditional" relationships on the grounds it will harm children, the British newspaper the Guardian reports.

 

Fifty-two athletes, including 12 athletes who will compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, criticized the International Olympic Committee and the sponsors of the Games for not doing more to urge the repeal of the law. The athletes signed the "principle six" campaign, which is named after the clause in the Olympic charger that guarantees no discrimination. Those athletes are, U.S.’s snowboarding gold medalist Seth Wescott (pictured), Canadian bi-athlete Rosanna Crawford (who will compete in Sochi in February) and the Australian four-man bobsled team. Full story here!