Rainbow Olympic Google Doodle Disses Russia's Anti-Gay Laws

One day ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Google has made a strong pro-LGBT statement with its latest homepage Google Doodle, which appears on every country's version of Google, including the Russian homepage.

"The practice of sport is a human right," reads the quote from the Olympic Charter underneath a rainbow-colored sports doodle. "Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." The rainbow flag, designed in San Francisco in 1978, has since been used to promote LGBT rights around the world. Read more...