While I hesitate to make too much of a political statement I do find the whole situation ugly and unpleasant. While I decry Eckern's actions and am appalled that he would do such a thing, especially since he has a lesbian sister, I fear we are slipping down a very ugly path and playing into the very hands of the hateful, bigoted slugs who put Prop 8 on the ballot and then spread lies to pass the Initiative. We now come across as venal and small-minded and intolerant which must make Dobson and Pat Roberts and their minions very happy. I read Eckern's first statement and his resignation statement and I take him at his word. We cannot allow people to be fired for their politcal beliefs (I know he wasn't fired, he resigned) because then we can be fired for nothing more than being Gay or Lesbian or Bisexual or Transgendered (and we can be right now in many, many states in the U.S.)
