Sportscaster fired after he voiced support for traditional marriage

[Anonymous]

http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/989686--fired-sportsnet-host-damian-goddard-stands-by-tweets?bn=1

Tolerance only goes one way.

[Anonymous]

Uh ... seems you've twisted the story somewhat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/989686--fired-sportsnet-host-damian-goddard-stands-by-tweets?bn=1

Tolerance only goes one way.

Free speech is only guaranteed to the politically correct and/or the ranting right-wing.

[Anonymous]

Funny. I wonder if he thought about tolerance when hevwas tweeting.

[Anonymous]

Eep. He supports others having rights withheld and now his job has been withheld.

[Anonymous]

He didn't support traditional marriage, he opposed homosexuals' right to marry.

I am a big supporter of traditional marriage - I indulged in one myself - but that doesn't mean opposing gay marriage. Let's be clear on terminology here.

[Anonymous]

Opposing gay marriage is not a crime...yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Opposing gay marriage is not a crime...yet.

It's a crime on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Opposing gay marriage is not a crime...yet.

Neither is firing a news personality who makes your company look bad. I'm sure if he was advocating Wicca, these posters wouldn't be defending him.

[Anonymous]

No one is denying him his right to free speech. what the private company that employs him does in regards to their feelings about his free speech is entirely their choice. freedom of speech does not protect you from the private enterprise consequences of publicizing that speech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is denying him his right to free speech. what the private company that employs him does in regards to their feelings about his free speech is entirely their choice. freedom of speech does not protect you from the private enterprise consequences of publicizing that speech.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

This is just another person being Dooced. (Except it's a conservative so pearls must be clutched and persecution complexes must be fanned)

[Anonymous]

He has a right to express himself, even if what he expresses makes him unmarketable.

[Anonymous]

sad story.

[Anonymous]

Would I be wrong in guessing that most of you who are upset by this firing are otherwise strong supporters of the right of a private business to be as free as possible of government interference in their decisions as to whom to employ and whom to fire? Would you like to see non-discrimination laws extended to cover those who make public statements that the company considers detrimental to their business?