Nice of an IOC official to take time out from his current "bribe me" tour to take a stand

Class lot those Olympic Committee officials.

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."

Yes, who ever heard of "politics" playing a role in the Olympics, standing up to bigotry?

And lord knows the Italians have done much in that area.