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'''Peter Vidmar''' is the winner of two Olympic gymnastics gold medals in 1984 in [[Los Angeles]] who was first named chef de mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team but then he was forced to resign abruptly after the gay lobby found out that he donated $2,000 for the successful 2008 [[Proposition 8]] ballot initiative in [[California]] defining [[Gedankenexperiment#Marriage_vs._Homosexual_Life-style|marriage as between a man and a woman]]. As of 2011, Vidmar was chairman of the board of USA Gymnastics and has served on the President's Council for Physical Fitness.<ref>{{cite web |title=USOC official Peter Vidmar resigns after anti-gay marriage actions |author=Christine Brennan |publisher=USA TODAY |date=9 May 2011 |url=https://www.jamesmadisoncenter.org/cases/files/protect-marriage-bowen/exhibit-4-part-14.pdf |quote=[original url: https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-05-06-peter-vidmar-resignation_N.htm ] Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar, who last week was named chef de mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, abruptly resigned Friday after a firestorm of negative attention in the media and inside the U.S. Olympic Committee due to his 2008 actions against gay marriage As first reported by Outsports.com, and then in the Chicago Tribune, Vidmar participated in two anti-gay marriage demonstrations and donated $2,000 for the successful 2008 Proposition 8 ballot initiative in California defining marriage as between a man and a woman. The proposition overturned a California Supreme Court ruling that permitted same-sex marriage.

'''Peter Vidmar''' is the winner of two Olympic gymnastics gold medals in 1984 in [[Los Angeles]] who was first named chef de mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team but then he was forced to resign abruptly after the gay lobby found out that he donated $2,000 for the successful 2008 [[Proposition 8]] ballot initiative in [[California]] defining [[Gedankenexperiment#Marriage vs. Homosexual Life-style|marriage as between a man and a woman]]. As of 2011, Vidmar was chairman of the board of USA Gymnastics and has served on the President's Council for Physical Fitness.<ref>{{cite web |title=USOC official Peter Vidmar resigns after anti-gay marriage actions |author=Christine Brennan |publisher=USA TODAY |date=9 May 2011 |url=https://www.jamesmadisoncenter.org/cases/files/protect-marriage-bowen/exhibit-4-part-14.pdf |quote=[original url: https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-05-06-peter-vidmar-resignation_N.htm ] Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar, who last week was named chef de mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, abruptly resigned Friday after a firestorm of negative attention in the media and inside the U.S. Olympic Committee due to his 2008 actions against gay marriage As first reported by Outsports.com, and then in the Chicago Tribune, Vidmar participated in two anti-gay marriage demonstrations and donated $2,000 for the successful 2008 Proposition 8 ballot initiative in California defining marriage as between a man and a woman. The proposition overturned a California Supreme Court ruling that permitted same-sex marriage. "Olympic gold medalist joins Rancho Prop 8 demonstration," said The Orange County Register on Oct. 30, 2008, in which it quoted Vidmar as saying, "It's good for our society to have a traditional definition of marriage." |accessdate=17 Dec 2017}}</ref><ref name="Lions">{{cite book  

"Olympic gold medalist joins Rancho Prop 8 demonstration," said The Orange County Register on Oct. 30, 2008, in which it quoted Vidmar as saying, "It's good for our society to have a traditional definition of marriage." |accessdate=17 Dec 2017}}</ref><ref name="Lions">{{cite book  

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|author=Vladimír Palko

|title=Levy prichdzajú (Lions are coming)

|title=Levy prichdzajú (Lions are coming)

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== See Also ==

== See also ==

*[[After the Ball]]

*[[After the Ball]]

*[[Homo-fascism]]

*[[Homo-fascism]]