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The era of civil rights. >> we're here and we're here to compete and we're as equal as everybody else. we want to go there, as a gay athlete you want to go there and compete and also go there and compete and show everybody in the world that we're on level pegging with any athlete. >> we're now not just hearing from the athletes but u.s. lawmakers are joining in. jeff orcly from oregon says he plans on introducing a resolution to the floor of the u.s. senate that would oppose, say it opposes these russian laws, as well as call for the protection of the athletes, as well as spectators who go to ...