{"id":863241,"date":"2021-10-09T20:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T00:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=863241"},"modified":"2021-10-09T20:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T00:14:04","slug":"olympic-diver-tom-daley-nations-that-punish-being-gay-with-death-should-be-barred-from-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-diver-tom-daley-nations-that-punish-being-gay-with-death-should-be-barred-from-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Diver Tom Daley: Nations That \u2018Punish Being Gay With Death\u2019 Should Be Barred From Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folympic-diver-tom-daley-nations-that-punish-being-gay-with-death-should-be-barred-from-olympics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=863241&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/0E17EB63-D6F0-4EF8-9C74-CF73F016AD5D-scaled-e1633824349699.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, while accepting Attitude\u2019s Sport Award, British Olympic diver Tom Daley used a significant portion of his speech to decry the fact that certain countries that punish homosexuals with death are allowed to participate in the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Daley, who won a gold medal in the 10m synchro in Tokyo, as well as a bronze in the 10m platform, said in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p><i>\u2026there are still ten countries that punish being gay with death, that were still allowed to compete at the Olympic Games \u2014 and I think that is quite shocking to a lot of people.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The diver went on to note that while he has spoken about the issue before, he believes that it\u2019s vital to \u201ccreate change\u201d in addition to \u201cshining a light\u201d on the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I want to make it my mission over the next, well, hopefully before the Paris Olympics in 2024, to make it so that the countries that criminalize and \u2014 punishable by death for LGBT people \u2014 are not allowed to compete at the Olympic Games,\u201d Daley said.<\/p>\n<p>After acknowledging that he feels lucky to live in a nation that doesn\u2019t engage in the execution of LGBT individuals, Daley again contended that countries \u201cwhere you can\u2019t be yourself\u201d should not be allowed to participate in or host the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>He also made specific reference to the fact that Qatar is hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup despite their draconian laws on the issue. \u201cFor example, the World Cup coming up in Qatar has extreme rules against LGBT people and about women,\u201d Daley stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/internap.hrw.org\/features\/features\/lgbt_laws\/\">Human Rights Watch<\/a>, seven countries have laws (either criminal or Sharia) against homosexual acts, the punishments for which can include death. Those countries are Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Nigeria, Mauritania, Iran, and Brunei.<\/p>\n<p>Other nations, such as Malaysia, Maldives, and Tonga include \u201clashes\u201d or whipping as punishments, and many others mandate lengthy prison sentences, monetary fines, and even hard labor.<\/p>\n<p>Daley isn\u2019t the only one looking at the Olympics through the lens of human rights. Some politicians have advocated a boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics, which are set to take place in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Former South Carolina Governor and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikkihaley\/status\/1366069389490065408?lang=en\">tweeted<\/a> in February: \u201cWe must boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. It would be a terrible loss for our athletes, but that must be weighed against the genocide occurring in China and the prospect that empowering China will lead to even greater horrors down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July, former Vice President Mike Pence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mike_pence\/status\/1415411528929579017?s=21\">said<\/a>: \u201cPresident Biden should make a clear and unequivocal demand that the 2022 Winter Olympics be moved from Beijing unless China comes clean on the origins of COVID-19 and immediately ends persecution of the Uyghur people. The Olympics should only take place in countries that respect fundamental human rights and the well-being of mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others have taken a different position.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/10\/china-2022-olympics-boycott-475210\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cI don\u2019t think we should be punishing athletes who have spent their entire lives training. We should go to Beijing, compete, and win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, while accepting Attitude\u2019s Sport Award, British Olympic diver Tom Daley used a significant portion of his speech to decry the fact that certain countries that punish homosexuals with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-863241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}