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| − | The '''2012 Summer Olympic Games''', officially known as the '''Games of the XXX Olympiad''' and informally as '''London 2012''', will be held in [[London]] from July 15 through August 12. This makes London the first city to host the Games three times - the previous occasions being in 1908 and 1948. The Olympic Games have pagan origins. The torch relay was first used for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Nazi Berlin | + | The '''2012 Summer Olympic Games''', officially known as the '''Games of the XXX Olympiad''' and informally as '''London 2012''', will be held in [[London]] from July 15 through August 12. This makes London the first city to host the Games three times - the previous occasions being in 1908 and 1948. The Olympic Games have pagan origins; the torch relay was first used for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Nazi Berlin. |
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| − | Athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees will be participating. | + | Athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees will be participating. Sports contests having the greatest political interest are: |
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| − | [[Conservapedia]] predicts and analyzes underachievement by nations, or particular sports fielded by a nation, due to: | + | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
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| | + | |men's soccer |
| | + | |will atheist nations underachieve in team sports? |
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| | + | |will the [[U.S.]] team underachieve? |
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| | + | |have [[feminist]] [[Title IX quotas]] destroyed the [[U.S.]] team? |
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| | + | |men's basketball ([[Team USA]]) |
| | + | |will [[Overrated Sports Stars]] disappoint again, with outspoken [[Christian]] [[Kevin Durant]] overachieving? |
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| | == Nations that have implemented [[same-sex marriage]] == | | == Nations that have implemented [[same-sex marriage]] == |
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| − | ===[[Netherlands]]<ref> Although part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, [[Aruba]] competes separately at the Olympic Games. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Aruba, although marriages performed in the European mainland Netherlands are recognized per the Kingdom's requirements. Additionally, the territories of Curacao and Sint Maarten, who will compete as "Independent Olympic Participants" under the Olympic Flag following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and the loss of recognition of their Olympic Committee, have the same regulations as Aruba with regards to same-sex marriage. Since citizens of these territories are also Dutch citizens, they are also eligible to compete for Team Netherlands. Therefore, they may have won some of the Dutch medals. In all three territories, the population is heavily Catholic and there is large opposition to same-sex marriage in spite of the Kingdom's requirements. </ref>=== | + | ===[[Netherlands]]<ref>Although part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, [[Aruba]] competes separately at the Olympic Games. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Aruba, although marriages performed in the European mainland Netherlands are recognized per the Kingdom's requirements. Additionally, the territories of Curacao and Sint Maarten, who will compete as "Independent Olympic Participants" under the Olympic Flag following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and the loss of recognition of their Olympic Committee, have the same regulations as Aruba with regards to same-sex marriage. Since citizens of these territories are also Dutch citizens, they are also eligible to compete for Team Netherlands. Therefore, they may have won some of the Dutch medals. In all three territories, the population is heavily Catholic and there is large opposition to same-sex marriage in spite of the Kingdom's requirements.</ref>=== |
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