Gay Olympian Adam Rippon attacks choice of Mike Pence to lead US Olympic delegation

Adam Rippon, the 2016 US men’s figure skating champion, said he was “not buying” the plan to get the ultra-conservative Republican to head up the prestigious ceremony. Mr Pence, who is known for his profoundly conservative views on marriage equality and LGBT rights, has a record of supporting the widely discredited practice of gay conversion therapy. “You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?

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