Dan Savage On HGTV’s Move

“The real story here is that we are rapidly
approaching the tipping point that I’ve been talking and writing about
for years. Once upon a time white people used to be able to go on TV and say the
most racist shit imaginable (argue against legal interracial marriage,
argue in favor of segregation) and keep their jobs and
be invited back on TV to say that shit a second time. Then one day you
couldn’t say that shit (not on TV, at least) and keep your job and be
invited back to say that shit again. Opinions that used to be considered ‘respectable’ were suddenly toxic career enders. We are rapidly
reaching the same tipping point on LGBT issues. You can believe whatever
you want, but you have to be careful when and how you express your
anti-gay animus. Because it could cost you. As David and Jason Benham just learned.” – Dan Savage, writing for The Stranger.