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warrior1

(12,325 posts) Fri Jan 17, 2014, 02:03 PM Jan 2014

Putin says gay people will be welcome at Olympic Games...but they must 'leave the children alone."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541352/Putin-says-gays-welcome-Winter-Olympic-Games-leave-children-alone.html

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Putin says gay people will be welcome at Olympic Games...but they must 'leave the children alone." (Original Post) warrior1 Jan 2014 OP

Then there's THIS creep: Keefer Jan 2014 #1

What about straight people? jberryhill Jan 2014 #2

fear of the unknown is a powerful thing. Egnever Jan 2014 #3

Keefer

(713 posts)

1. Then there's THIS creep:

Reply to warrior1 (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2014, 02:10 PM

Jan 2014

http://www.azfamily.com/news/Kindergarten-teacher-accused-of-removing-females-students-shirt-in-class-240611261.html

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. What about straight people?

Reply to warrior1 (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2014, 03:12 PM

Jan 2014

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

3. fear of the unknown is a powerful thing.

Reply to warrior1 (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2014, 03:30 PM

Jan 2014

i am constantly amazed by peoples ability to think up all kinds of horrors about things they have little or no real understanding of.

Sad that putin thinks gay = pedophile

But hardly surprising.

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