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I've Got To Think About What I'm Going To Say Very Carefully. There's Two Avenues Of Thought: Do You Stop Everyone Going, Ban All The Artists Coming In From Russia? But Then You're Really Leaving The Men And Women Who Are Gay And Suffering Under The Antigay Laws In An Isolated Situation. As A Gay Man, I Can't Leave Those People On Their Own Without Going Over There And Supporting Them. I Don't Know What's Going To Happen, But I've Got To Go.

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I've Got To Think About What I'm Going To Say Very Carefully. There's Two Avenues Of Thought: Do You Stop Everyone Going, Ban All The Artists Coming In From Russia? But Then You're Really Leaving The Men And Women Who Are Gay And Suffering Under The Antigay Laws In An Isolated Situation. As A Gay Man, I Can't Leave Those People On Their Own Without Going Over There And Supporting Them. I Don't Know What's Going To Happen, But I've Got To Go.

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