His other employees have noticed this, and are likely less loyal to him, now. They are much more likely to jump to other employers, now that they know how little their loyalty means to their current employer.

Calabrese’s opening sentences to the article remind me of other broken promises from the gay community. “Gay marriage won’t affect you at all. Gay rights won’t take away your rights at all. Remember those?”

I also remember when the City of San Francisco, a couple of decades ago, decided to recognize civil unions — unmarried couples of different or same sex — among their employees. The promise to the taxpayers was that it would have absolutely no cost to the city. Within three months of the official recognition of civil unions, “partners” were being covered under the city’s benefits packages, the same as married couples. Despite the promise, it was an almost immediate cost to the city and the taxpayers.

The gay community and gay rights activists have been misrepresenting their intentions for decades. Had they told the truth, we never would have accepted their superior than thou attitude and never would have acquiesced to their mendacious demands.

This Ohio worker is only one of the latest in a long line of examples of gay rights trumping everyone else’s rights.

My point here is not actually to condemn the firing. A business should be free to hire and fire whoever they please, for almost any reason. What disturbs me here is the nonchalent willingness of the lesbian to get the man fired, while simultaneously being unable to peaceably allow him the right to his opinions. This fascist behavior by her is what I wanted to highlight.

By the way, if a Christian was bothered by a lesbian who happened to express her opinions in support of same-sex marriage and then got that lesbian fired, I would condemn that Christian as strongly. The point is that in a free society we are required to tolerate opinions we disagree with, even ones that make us “uncomfortable”, to use the lesbian’s own word. As always, the only answer to speech you find offensive is more speech.

Incidentally, when I left my left my job in Ohio (from a town only a few miles away from the one in the article) to move to Arizona, I was literally followed out the the door by a coworker admonishing me to turn to god. Man, I do not miss that!