Gay Figure Skater Objects to Pence Leading Olympic Delegation
Adam Rippon
Adam Rippon  the 2016 U.S. men’s figure  skating  pitched a particularly nasty hissy fit — telling USA Today  he  would prefer not to shake the vice president’s hand before the opening ceremony.
 Mr. Rippon  is believed to be the first openly gay Winter Olympian — and  he  took great umbrage at the vice president’s devout Christian faith.
“You mean Mike Pence  the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?”  Rippon  snarled. “I’m not buying  it .”
“I don’t think he has a real concept of reality ”  Mr. Rippon  said. “To stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say he’s a devout Christian man is completely contradictory. If he’s okay with what’s being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called ‘s***holes ’ I think he should really go to church.”
 Adam Rippon  may know how to land a triple axel  but when it comes to civility and grace   he ’s skating on thin ice.
[TGT]pitched a particularly nasty hissy fit — telling USA Today  [TGT]  would prefer not to shake the vice president’s hand before the opening ceremony.
 [TGT]is believed to be the first openly gay Winter Olympian — and  [TGT]  took great umbrage at the vice president’s devout Christian faith.
“You mean Mike Pence  the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?”  Rippon  snarled. “I’m not buying  it .”
“I don’t think he has a real concept of reality ”  [TGT]said. “To stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say he’s a devout Christian man is completely contradictory. If he’s okay with what’s being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called ‘s***holes ’ I think he should really go to church.”
 [TGT]  may know how to land a triple axel  but when it comes to civility and grace   [TGT] ’s skating on thin ice.