Is Steven Fry over reacting to the situation in Russia?

            Personally I don’t think he is over reacting to the anti-gay situation that is occurring in Russia. All the people in Russia that are gay cannot be who they are and have to pretend to be someone else, because if they announce their real feeling towards the same sex their lives could be in danger. Every person has the right to be free and make their own choices, and if Russia is not letting a percent of the population be who they are then they cannot say they are a free country. Also there is no reason to make being gay illegal; homosexuals do not harm anyone around them and are the exact same as everyone else. Being mad that someone is gay is completely immature. For example; there are two people standing in a food court line up and the second person is going to order a hotdog, but the first person orders a hamburger. Being offended that someone is gay is the same as the second person being offended that the first person made a different decision then him and ordered a hamburger. So to conclude my thoughts about whether Steven Fry is over reacting I say he is not, because the athletes going to the 2014 Olympics in Russia should be in a comfortable environment, not one that pressures them to lie about who they really are. 

Alex Debelle




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