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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 313

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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 313 Ron Filipkowski Feb 22 …  Jack Hughes , who scored the winning goal for the US Olympic hockey team today, has been an outspoken advocate for LBGTQ rights. This is what he said in a Dec 2024 interview when he was asked about many NHL teams and players refusing to participate in Pride Night: “The team I play for - we really support that. We are really a welcoming organization so I think a bunch of our guys on our team were really looking forward to that.” … Hughes: “With how we grew up, my family really supports that too. Everyone on our team is really welcoming and they know it’s really important, so there wasn’t even a thought of not doing that.” … Then again last year he criticized the league’s ban on wearing Pride jerseys and putting rainbow tape on hockey sticks: “I’ve come out and said, in terms of the Pride jerseys and Pride tape, it’s obvious that you want hockey to be an inclusive sport, so I have no problem with that. And a lot of my ...