Openly-gay journalist Andrew Sullivan expressed his “disgust” over Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich’s resignation for his one-time opposition to gay marriage, calling it a symptom of gay rights “fanaticism” and warning the movement is fast becoming “no better than the anti-gay bullies who came before us.”I don't know much about Sullivan, but if this is a representative example of his thought process I have to read more. One of the most reasonable, simple statements I have heard.
“If this is the gay rights movement today — hounding our opponents with a fanaticism more like the religious right than anyone else — then count me out,” he added. “If we are about intimidating the free speech of others, we are no better than the anti-gay bullies who came before us.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/04/an...#ixzz2yE3hnLH3 Originally Posted by lustylad
The extremists on almost any stand are repressive and intolerant. They justify it by some form of "My intolerance isn't as bad as those who are intolerant against me", but typically they are wrong. Intolerance generally only begets more intolerances. Gay activist extremists, Thumper extremists, environmental extremists, gun rights extremists, prohibition extremists, pro-Israel extremists, anti-Israel extremists, etc., etc.