[dredmorbius]

People are not bigots because they disagree with your special interest politics.

And that's not what people are saying here. Eich is a bigot because he fits the definition of the term: "A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked."

As expressed in his support of statutory measures to accomplish those ends.

[tomp]

Then all Muslims, Jews and Christians are bigots? E.g. see the reaction of Jews and Muslims when Germany wanted to ban circumcision...

[dredmorbius]

If they hold beliefs, which from the perspective of those who don't share that belief set, are incorrect, then yes.

See also: Overton Window, moral relativism, Presentism, the Historian's Fallacy, and Chronological Snobbery.

Morals and ethics are not immutable.