(Savage Canned) Yes, you have free speech...

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"MSNBC has now found itself broadcasting exactly the kind of verbal assaults GLAAD's been warning them about for the past five months," said GLAAD News Media Director Cathy Renna. "To their credit, MSNBC and NBC News have backed up their promises to hold Savage accountable for his behavior."

Savage had been the subject of a GLAAD campaign targeting commercial advertisers, seeking to have those corporations withdraw their advertising from the show, which made its debut this past spring.

GLAAD launched a similar campaign in 2000 against broadcaster Dr. Laura Schlessinger when she launched a television talk show to complement her radio program. Like the Savage effort, GLAAD's targeting of Schlessinger's show was predicated on her opposition to homosexuality."

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This is the part that bothers me......

Should he have made the comment, probably not...

But - He was clearly being targeted by the gay and lesbian community to further their agenda.

I have no problems with gays or lesbians... I do have a problem with ANY GROUP that pushes an agenda to shut down the speech of ANYONE who disagrees with them.

One of the cornerstones of our way of life (imo) is the free and open exchange of ideas. When we start deciding that something (a word, phrase, idea, whatever) should not be allowed to be articulated publicly because it "OFFENDS" someone, we are clearly on the wrong track.

The Gay and Lesbian community thinks homosexuality is a good thing. They are entitled to that opinion and are entitled to try to convince as many people as possible that that is a good thing.

Certain people in our country think homosexuality is an immoral thing. They are also entitled to their opinion and are entitled to try to convince as many people as possible that they are right.

Neither side is entitled to shut down the other because they do not agree with them.