Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the legality of same-sex marriages and the necessity for all states to recognize such unions. But don’t worry, this won’t be a post about politics, per se. Rather, the more pertinent part of the day was perhaps the opportunity provided to us to remember that there is a difference between the freedom of speech and the freedom from the consequences of what you say.
This learning opportunity was afforded us by Minnesota Vikings cornerback Josh Robinson, who evidently objected to the Supreme Court’s ruling based on his response, which conflated homosexual love with pedophilic and incestuous love, implying that if one must be regarded as equal to heterosexual love, then so do the others.
