cruz meet sparks apology

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

They (the LGBT community) don't care about that. They just want to write him hate mail, give him death threats, and boycott his company. They are such tolerant people. The LGBT community is very open-minded and tolerant. They are very respectful of people with different views. LOL.

I think Bill Maher had it right when he talked about the "gay mafia". Maher's exact quote was "I think there is a gay mafia," Maher said. "I think if you cross them, you do get whacked. I really do."

How is this any less reprehensible than if conservatives started a boycott and made death threats to gay business owners? I think that behavior from either side is disgraceful. But there is a huge double-standard. If conservatives engaged in the type of behavior (boycotts, hate-mail, and death threats) that the LGBT and liberals engage in, you would probably have the Justice Department doing an investigation and looking to prosecute them for a hate crime. But when the LGBT does it, they are just exercising their right to spend their consumer dollars the way they want.

If you read some of the comments from the articles, it is clear that many gay people (and plenty of straight liberals) believe that if you think that the definition of marriage is the union between a man and a woman, then you are a really bad, intolerant, hateful person. So then they are justified in their own hate for conservatives.

Let me be clear on my position. I am against anyone (regardless of sexual orientation or political affiliation) threatening, bullying, trying to intimidate, sending hate mail, or boycotting people's businesses simply because they disagree with a person on an issue. It would be one thing if the person was a murderer. For example, if OJ Simpson had a business and people boycotted it, I wouldn't have a problem with that. But to threaten someone, bully someone, or boycott someone's business simply because they have a different lifestyle or belief is totally wrong IMO.

1. Please indicate where the LGBT boycotters have made death threats to the hotel owners. Because otherwise, that's filed under "things Rupert made up."

2. Bill Maher? Seriously?

3. See "lack of death threats," above.

3a. See Dixie Chicks, circa 2003, and death threats. For which there is actually corroboration. The idea that conservatives don't react to political dissent with threats of violence is laughable. There's a fine documentary, "Shut Up and Sing," highly recommended.

4. If you want to legally limit marriage to heterosexual unions, then yes, you are bigoted and intolerant. Which Cruz does. If you are personally opposed to gay marriage, then don't get gay married.

5. So you think it was terrible that black Atlantans boycotted the public bus system in the 1950s- the one that forced them to sit in the back, then. Interesting. And unsurprising.