And Rhea, really this has nothing to do with "free speech". Eich is certainly legally entitled to his opinion. But if he wants to take that stance publicly, then he must be willing to take the heat from the public, in whatever form it comes at him, as long as it isn't violent. So if he is willing to suffer the consequences, then by all means spew the hate.

The same free speech you claim he is due, goes both ways. The people who are outraged by his comments, have the right to call for his career head, protest/boycott the company he runs...that is their "right" to voice their outrage. Neither party is wrong in voicing their views.


Ethically and morally, he is dead wrong. Just as if he had substituted, blacks for gays. If he had publicly stated he didn't feel black people should be allowed to get married, would you still feel the same way you do?

Personally, I don't feel the government has any business sanctioning marriage at all, but the problem gets sticky because our society is set up for a couple, regardless of race, creed, religion or sexual identity, to be able to share marital assets, marital health care, inheritance, tax breaks, legal recognition, etc...And it's simply ethically wrong to deny gay people, who are in a committed relationship, the same rights that others enjoy.

And please don't bring religion into this. It has no currency in a secular society and just because YOUR Christian views think it is wrong, it doesn't mean the next person has that same belief system. I told my daughter a long time ago, I doubt that Jesus, God, magical unicorn or whoever you feel is your maker, really gives a flying f*ck if gay people are living together or not.