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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
Well, no; their whole MO is repentance and forgiveness.
Regardless, I have no idea what the Catholic church has to do with oppression of gay people in Russia, nor potential political statements to be made in reference to said oppression by Canadian olympic athletes.
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Oh right, the whole stake burning thing was for women back in the 1600s. My bad.
This article touches on the connection between the Russian Orthodox church and the anti-gay movement in the country. The leader of the church has said some pretty heavy things like how legalizing gay marriage is the harbinger of impending doom and has called for the Russian people to do everything in their power to prevent the state from ever allowing such sinful laws. Considering the amount of influence that Churches have over their followers, I would say that this would shed insight to ABeef's question of "why do these people think the way that they do?".
A pretty typical story about church fearmongering and guiding their followers to put on masks and go beat up people. I would say it is pretty related to the overal discussion and whether or not Canada should boycott going to the olympics when the hosting nation is making laws that support these d
iscriminatory ideas and turn a blind eye to the violence attached to the whole situation.