SOURCES:https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-obeidallah/ibtihaj-muhammad-olympics_b_11395456.html
EXCERPT:It was a powerful and emotional image to see a muslim woman proudly donning both a <Hijab and the red, white and blue as she represented the United States of America. She, like the valiant Captain Humayun Khan, are truly the living embodiment of President Obama’s moving words delivered earlier this year when he visited a mosque in suburbs of Baltimore and said, “You’re not Muslim or American, you’re Muslim and American.”
EXCERPT:In between displays of incredible sportsmanship and death-defying stunts, NBC’s cameras captured one tender moment - a kiss shared between Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy and his boyfriend Matthew Wilkas before the ski slopestyle qualifying.
EXCERPT2:Britney Spears reached out to the athlete, tweeting: “So proud of #TeamUSA! Hey Gus Kenworthy, gimme, gimme more on the slopes today!”
Another person said: “Pretty cool that they not only showed Gus Kenworthy kiss his boyfriend but acknowledge him as such. It shouldn’t feel like a big deal and yet it does.”
“A kiss from his boyfriend from the bottom of the slope and a wave of rainbow flags at the bottom! Gus Kenworthy, you are making so many LGBT Americans so very proud of you!!” wrote one person.
http://evangelicalfocus.com/lifetech/1288/Neymars_100_Jesus_was_censored_in_Ballon_dOr_gala
EXCERPT:The FIFA erased the Brazilian football player's reference to the Christian faith in a video introducing the finalist.
EXCERPT2:The FIFA said the decision to censor the video was to not offend sensibilities. The FIFA Code of ethics says people linked to the organisation “may not offend the dignity or integrity of a country, private person or group of people through contemptuous, discriminatory or denigratory words or actions on account of race, skin colour, ethnic, national or social origin, gender, language, religion, political opinion or any other opinion, wealth, birth or any other status, sexual orientation or any other reason.”
