WTF !!! - IOC's Mario Pescante Rips U.S. For Including Openly Gay Athletes In Official Delegation To

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IOC's Mario Pescante Rips U.S. For Including Openly Gay Athletes In Official Delegation To Sochi
By ANDREW DAMPF - HuffPo/AP
01/15/14 04:50 PM ET EST


The Olympic Rings stand outside of Sochi International Airport on January 8, 2014 in Alder, Russia. The region will host the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics which start on February 6th, 2014. (Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images) | Michael Heiman via Getty Images

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ROME (AP) — A senior Italian IOC member criticized the United States on Wednesday for including openly gay athletes in its official delegation for next month's Sochi Olympics.

"It's absurd that a country like that sends four lesbians to Russia just to demonstrate that in their country gay rights have (been established)," Mario Pescante said at an Italian Olympic Committee meeting in Milan on Wednesday, in comments widely reported by Italian media. "The games should not be an occasion and a stage to promote rights that sports supports daily."

The Italian Olympic Committee would not confirm or deny Pescante's comments, but his speech was reported by the Gazzetta dello Sport and the ANSA news agency.

Asked for clarification later by The Associated Press, Pescante said he is not against gays.

"Of course not," the 75-year-old Pescante told The AP by telephone. "I just wanted to make the point not to let politics interfere with the Olympics."

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[DURHAM D]

1. WTF is right.

So who are the four lesbians? To make matters worse is he actually trying to insult Brian by calling him a female?

Pescante needs to be immediately retired. dumb shit

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

2. "75-year-old Pescante", probably from the IOC school of Samaranch

Don Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, Grandee of Spain

but you may call him "your excellence".

[nolabear]

3. This is the creepiest Olympics ever.

I know the horror of the Israeli athletes was the worst ever, but this one is so front-loaded for both actual disaster and the parading of offensive, disgusting displays of bigotry of all kinds that I get thoroughly creeped out anticipating it. I HOPE I'm wrong.