Actor Chris Pine has criticized a
Russian law that prohibits the promotion of “gay propaganda” to
minors.
Approval of the law provoked worldwide
condemnation and calls for boycotts of Russian made imports and
international events taking place in Russia, including next month's
Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The United States is sending a
delegation to the Sochi Games which includes three openly gay
athletes: tennis legend Billie Jean King, Olympian Brian Boitano and
hockey player Caitlin Cahow.
“I think we should do more than just
send gay Olympians there,” Pine told the AP. “What's happening
there in terms of gay rights or the lack of it is extraordinary and
awful.”
The 33-year-old Pine, who is promoting
his latest film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, called the
legislation “clearly awful, archaic, hostile nonsense.”
(Related: Ian
McKellen leads 27 Nobel laureates in demanding Russia repeal anti-gay
law.)