Google doodle points to Olympic Charter in defending all athletes

The Olympic Charter, as found on the Olympic.org website, "is the codification of the Fundamental Principles of Olympism, Rules and Bye-Laws [sic] adopted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)." The Olympic Charter quotation used in the Google 

Search engine giant Google changed its logo to the colors of the rainbow flag — or LGBT pride flag — along with quoting the Olympic Charter on their homepage Thursday night. The 2014 Winter Olympics kicked off Thursday and has been shrouded in 

Beneath the Rainbow Flag a paragraph attributed to the Olympic Charter is written on the site.

In the run-up to the Olympics, athletes have been mulling ways to take a stand without running afoul of both Russian law and the Olympic Charter itself, which prohibits political statements during the event. Foreigners violating the "propaganda" law

Search engine giant Google changed its logo to the colors of the rainbow flag — or LGBT pride flag — along with quoting the Olympic Charter on their homepage Thursday night.