The IOC (either the most or second most corrupt organization in sports) pretty much tells athletes and everyone else to just be straight as can be and don't piss Russia off.
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On Monday, the Russian Interior Ministry confirmed what other Russian officials have been saying for weeks: Openly gay people attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including athletes, will be arrested under the country’s draconian new anti-gay law. That law, you might recall, prohibits “homosexual propaganda” and is designed to discourage any kind of support for gay rights or even gay people.
The International Olympic Committee’s response to gay people? We mean it: Stay in the closet.
According to an IOC spokesperson, the Olympics aren’t the place for “proactive political or religious demonstration,” anyway. Just read the fine print: Rule 50 of the Olympic charter declares that “no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.” By the IOC’s logic, gay people should be keeping quiet about their sexuality no matter what, in accordance with Rule 50. If they speak out and get arrested under Russian law—well, it’s not the IOC’s fault that they just couldn’t keep their mouths shut.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...penly_gay.html
A boycott can serve to both hurt Russia and humiliate the IOC. I'm getting closer and closer to supporting it.