Ten on the homophobia scale, that is!
In the run-up to hosting the Winter Olympics, official Russia has been comically inept in dealing with the likelihood that some of the competitors and spectators might actually be, you know, gay.
Apparently fearing an invading horde of flaming figure-skaters, last June Vladimir Putin instituted a ban on "homosexual propaganda". Tourists and foreign nationals can be arrested, detained and fined just for being "pro-gay".
A week ago, Putin clumsily tried to reassure the world that the Sochi Games will be safe for gays as long as they "just leave the kids alone."
Yesterday, the mayor of Sochi said gays will be welcome if "they don't impose their habits on others." The mayor added, "We don't have them [gays] in our city."
Really? Fantastic ignorance. Hooray for the New Yorker!
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