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Brian Burke On Russia's Anti-Gay Law

08/27/2013 at 2:25pm EDT

via Tom Gulitti's recent timeline at Twitter,

Brian Burke told me today Russia's anti-gay propaganda law is "repugnant" and he won't be afraid to say that when he's in Sochi for Olympics

Burke cont: "...We’re here to win hockey games. Don’t worry about the politics. People like me will still speak about it.”

Burke: "People should remember these laws were enacted recently, so when Russia was awarded these games, these laws were not on the books."

read more from Burke at Gulitti's Twitter account...

added 3:52pm, More on this topic from Burke a few Team USA players on this topic by Corey Masisak of NHL.com.

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