A Lie Told Often Enough...

The Russian government has defended an anti-gay law in a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Russia's “gay propaganda” law prohibits the positive portrayal of gay men and lesbian in a public venue where minors might be present. Its has provoked calls for a boycott of next year's Winter Olympics to be held in Sochi.
In his letter to the IOC, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak gave assurances that Russia will comply fully with a provision in the Olympic Charter against discrimination, the AP reported.
“The Russian Federation guarantees the fulfillment of its obligations before the International Olympic Committee in its entirety,” Kozak wrote.
However, Kozak went on to defend the law.
The law centers on the “restriction of information that promotes non-traditional sexual orientations among children.”
“These legislations apply equally to all persons, irrespective of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, and cannot be regarded as discrimination based on sexual orientation,” he said.
“These requirements do not attract any limitations for participants and spectators of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi on their legal right of residence in the territory of the Russian Federation or participation in any events stipulated in the Games program that are contradictory to the Olympic Charter or universally recognized standards of international law on human rights,” he added.
The letter was addressed to Jean Claude-Killy, head of the coordination commission for the Sochi Games.
So...they guarantee nothing at all then, except that anyone whether gay, heterosexual, black or white, Christian or Muslim etc, who say's or does anything that might appear in any way, in any public format that might appear to be of a homosexual nature will still be subject to their propaganda law and because they will prosecute anyone (not just gays) that means it isn't a law that discriminates against gays?
And the IOC has accepted this as both a positive assurance and none gay threatening?
Doesn't that make the IOC as bigoted as the Russians?
More than ever, I truly believe, gay athletes (and any hetero ally) should go to these games and defy both Russia and the IOC.
Silence equals death and if the IOC is willing to suspend the rules for Russia's homophobic laws, and is in fact supporting them by themselves threatening gay athletes and their supporters,  then we should equally feel free to ignore their rules and openly defy them to do something in a very, very public way!