Comment Ad hominem doesn't help your case (Score 1) 824
Supporting prop 8 makes you a bigot.
Ad hominem attacks don't help your case. Politics is supposed to be about which ideas make sense; its is not supposed to be about which side is better at name-calling.
I have yet to see a coeherent argument for why it is OK to fire or demote someone who disagrees with the institution of same-sex marriage, while it is not OK to fire someone for any other personal beliefs. Some people try to say "he is on the wrong side of a civil rights issue", but that is incoherent and inconsistent. If we allow whitch hunts when "it's about civil rights" then the powerful will simply define their pet causes to be civil rights issues.
Oh, so you support abortion? You want to deny the rights of the unborn. Fired!
Oh, so you support the death penalty? You want to deny the right to life of felons. Fired!
Oh, so you are against the independence of Quebec? You want to deny the right of political self-determination. Fired!
I, on the other hand, prefer that political, philosophical and religious speech should be free from punishment.