[Patrick_Devine]

Actually, if you read back through the comments, you were the person who used the term "homophobic bigot", and nowhere did I equate Eich to being a white supremacist or part of the KKK. I used it as an example for how people would react given the KKK's stance on human rights.

Our first amendment rights in this county give us the freedom of speech, but they also give us the freedom of religion. And, by extension, the freedom from religion. Eich's personal views on gay marriage shouldn't trump the rights of anyone else, and him donating to a cause which denies people their rights seriously calls into question his judgement and whether he is fit to be the leader of an organization which espouses liberal ideals.

I'll give you another analogy. If Prop 8 were to deny the rights of black people getting married, and Eich had donated $1,000 to support it, would you still feel the same way?

[intslack]

I asked you if you were equating Eich with homophobic bigots, and you confirmed that you did.

And no, I wouldn't feel the same way. As I said in that post, there's no biological basis or objective fact for refusing to accept interracial marriages. They're only justified by racism. There is however, a biological reason that Eich and others might not accept same-sex marriages.

It's a rational, yet very ignorant view. The point is that opposing same-sex marriage is definitely not the same when you do a direct comparison to interracial marriage bans.

Either way: the damage is done, the bridges were burned, and it's clear that you're among those who just want to be outraged about this group of people's ignorance instead of reaching out to them and striving for dialog, so there's no point in having this conversation.