Saturday, February 8, 2014

Google gaykupp - before the Winter Olympics - Aftonbladet

Russia antigaylagar has been condemned internationally.

Nätjätten Google’s right now in the chorus.

Ahead of Olympics opening ceremony graced company logo with rainbow colors.

high jumper Emma Green Tregaros regnbågsnaglar during the World Athletics Championships in Moscow last year became world news. Since then, several athletes, politicians, organizations and businesses joined the ranks of a growing kritikerkör condemning Russia’s newly antigaylagar.

Last of the bunch is nätjätten Google that on the opening day sounded paint their logo in rainbow colors.

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search engine’s homepage, they have also published a quote from the basic rules of the Olympic Games:

“To practice a sport is a human right. All people should have the opportunity to practice sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair play.”

The British television station Channel 4 makes a similar prank by brightening up their logo in rainbow colors during transmission.

wrote open letter

Among the critics are also writers. In an open letter in The Guardian writes 217 authors from around the world that the country antigaylagar is a threat to free speech. Elfrida Jelinek, Günter Grass and Sofi Oksanen are some of the big names that stand as signatories.

Another who will show their support for Russia’s gay is the New Zealand skater Blake Skjellerup, who said that during the Olympics to compete with a regnbågsmärke.

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