The Winter Olympics has become a lively forum on homosexual rights, nearly eclipsing the games themselves, and Vladimir Putin's anti-same sex policies have been the focal point. LBGT participants and onlookers have risked arrest by opposing the law that demeans them and in so doing appear to have put the regime on the defensive.
None of Putin's venom would have been possible, however, without the aid and comfort of the Russian Orthodox Church. While the premier gets the attention, the church supplies the fuel for the crusade. Pussy Riot knew this, of course, when they choose to protest against the anti gay and lesbian initiative in an Orthodox church.
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