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It doesn't affect your ability to search in any capacity, it's a picture of Google's logo in rainbow colors man.
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Google shows support for LGBT Olympians
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#53I couldn't care less about anyone's sexual preference. But I find it wholly unfair that someone could change from a man to a woman and then compete against other women. That is something altogether different and should not be accepted in the Olympics in my opinion.
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#54The LGBT Russia thing is totally blown out of proportion. http://www.scribd.com/doc/203382931/Russian-Lgbt-Law-White-P... Before you decide to down-vote me into oblivion and accuse me of hating minority groups please read the white paper linked above. Note I am not affiliated with the person who wrote it or scribd. I just want people to see both sides of the argument. EDIT - And what a surprise down-voted. Seriously…
Hey, people don't like to change opinion things that they already made up their minds on. Even on HN.
but thanks for linking that, seems to do a better job of providing better context of the LGBT situation in Russia.
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#55I realize the difference with Russia is that it is practically illegal for LGBT to exist but let's talk about the USA for a moment where 33 states refuse to consider legalizing gay marriage and a few are even testing of the idea of emergency suspending ALL marriages just so people who are gay cannot marry if they cannot be excluded separately. There are still plenty of places in the USA where you could be killed for…
From the white paper linked below- "Since 1993 gay sex was made legal in Russia, in 12 US States gay sex is a crime."
This hasn't been true since 2003 due to Lawrence v. Texas.
Re: Google shows support for LGBT Olympians
#56I realize the difference with Russia is that it is practically illegal for LGBT to exist but let's talk about the USA for a moment where 33 states refuse to consider legalizing gay marriage and a few are even testing of the idea of emergency suspending ALL marriages just so people who are gay cannot marry if they cannot be excluded separately. There are still plenty of places in the USA where you could be killed for…
From the white paper linked below- "Since 1993 gay sex was made legal in Russia, in 12 US States gay sex is a crime."
I'm pretty sure that just refers to laws that are still "in place" but are not enforced because of Lawrence v. Texas[0].
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#58The LGBT Russia thing is totally blown out of proportion. http://www.scribd.com/doc/203382931/Russian-Lgbt-Law-White-P... Before you decide to down-vote me into oblivion and accuse me of hating minority groups please read the white paper linked above. Note I am not affiliated with the person who wrote it or scribd. I just want people to see both sides of the argument. EDIT - And what a surprise down-voted. Seriously…
Did you really not expected to get down voted for being completely ignorant about the problems there? You might want to do some reading up - starting with this 5 series VICE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ_aSl3ktjg
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Re: Google shows support for LGBT Olympians
#59I realize the difference with Russia is that it is practically illegal for LGBT to exist but let's talk about the USA for a moment where 33 states refuse to consider legalizing gay marriage and a few are even testing of the idea of emergency suspending ALL marriages just so people who are gay cannot marry if they cannot be excluded separately. There are still plenty of places in the USA where you could be killed for…
From the white paper linked below- "Since 1993 gay sex was made legal in Russia, in 12 US States gay sex is a crime."
All state based sodomy laws were invalidated by Lawrence vs Texas in 2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas). The only reason the laws are still on the books is because they've been knowingly superceded.
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Sad that advocating that we treat people with respect and dignity is a political statement.
If your nickname refers to the Oliver Cromwell, I find it curiously at odds with your comment.
It refers to my real name combined with my wife's last name, but it's also a wink-and-nod to Oliver Cromwell and also 'Orwellian'.