Just got this in the email. Thought it was worth signing due to the high profile of the Olympics, and the ability to send a message if this rule change is implemented.
We've got one day to change the Olympics forever. The next Olympic Games could be awarded to a country with anti-gay laws just like Russia's, where lesbian, gay, bi and trans people have been attacked on the streets and arrested.
The President of the Olympics just asked us to send in our ideas for the future of the Olympic movement straight to him before Monday. If we all send him thousands of personal messages – he'll bring them to a major Olympics conference coming up in Monaco, where they'll vote on changing the rules.
Will you take one moment to send this urgent message to the President of the Olympics before the deadline in 2 days: "No More Sochis. Sport should not discriminate."
This could be a game changer. If countries with anti-gay laws were banned from hosting the Olympics, it would make governments think twice about attacking the human rights of attending athletes – or their own citizens – and in time, help win the battle against anti-gay laws everywhere.
Petition here:
No more Sochis. Sport should not discriminate.ETA: Oh and perhaps someone who has a Twitter account could tweet this.
Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West.