As a woman who has been abused discriminated against, Celie would be fully against the laws against LGBT athletes in the Sochi Winter Olympics.  Throughout the novel, Celie’s character has an ongoing war within her mind over her sexual feelings towards Shug.  On one hand, Celie is a very timid girl, who struggles to stand up to her husband’s abusive bullying.  On the other hand, Shug is an outgoing, proud woman, who is not afraid to fight back.  Celie admires Shug both as a role model and as a sexual object.  From the moment Celie sees a photo of Shug, she subconsciously falls in love and begins to question her sexuality.  When she meets Shug for the first time, she realizes that it is “hard not to love Shug... She know how to love somebody back” (Walker 282).  This is Celie’s reaction to feeling love for the first time, and finding how easy it is to return love when it’s meant.  As she gets to know Shug, she comes to terms with her sexual orientation in a way, as she becomes more open about having desires for Shug.  Having experienced both forced love, with her husband, and true love, in her desire for Shug, Celie would have an understanding on what it feels like to love someone of the same gender, but be obligated by society to love someone of the opposite gender.  Therefore, Celie would be fully behind boycotting the Olympics in Sochi.