Sure, it's stupid. All bigotry is stupid, so that's sort of a given. And I'm enjoying a little schadenfreude in that they are losing huge chunks of business because of it. And have since had to take town their Twitter, Facebook, and other networking accounts. Oops. Maybe once the tweeter sent a message out to those beyond his little prejudice-reaffirming circle, it came as a surprise how unpopular it would be among all those addicts to the drugs he's dealing. They/we can get out java fix someplace else, and several businesses are now making pro-gay hay out of dropping them as a supplier.
I tried not to rise to the bait, but this was my initial reaction to the dumbassery: the writer clearly doesn't understand the words "human," "natural," or "law." I would say that this level of ignorance deserves to be ignored rather than given attention, but they took up a megaphone to say stupid things that offends me as an American, gay man, and editor, so I'm willing to go on the record correcting and/or mocking them.
Better yet, the good folks at Second City express nicely what I've been saying for years. (1) "Traditional" marriage isn't; and (2) Stop calling "gay" unnatural. It's prevalence in nature makes it more natural than single-parter marriage constructs.
Second City takes on Point 2 rather graphically. And this should be put on network television during prime time.
See also: Abstinence Only Education Ruined by a Trip to the Zoo
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