Musician Rob Thomas supports gay marriage on Twitter, engages his fans on the Miss California debacle
Over on his Twitter page Rob Thomas took a stand on Miss California's (aka Carrie Prejean) being in a new ad against gay marriage, calling her views (as expressed at the Miss USA pageant) bigoted and expressing frustration at the praise she was receiving from conservatives:
This gets more interesting to me, however, when Thomas gets come critical responses from the people following his feed and he decides to engage with them. Here are a few sample exchanges:
Thomas, for example, shows that Freedom of Speech does not include freedom from having your speech criticized.
He also points out that being against gay marriage isn't standing up for your beliefs but insisting that your beliefs should control other people's lives.
And he nicely articulates what marriage means:
While I thought it was great to see Thomas voice his support for gay marriage and his opposition to Miss California's stance, I was even more pleased to see him engage in a discussion on the topic and show a pretty good understanding of the issue. Thomas has nearly 33,000 people following his tweets and it's certainly helpful to have an advocate who can speak for our rights so well to a large audience. (Editor's Note: You mean, without calling her a "dumb bitch"? I agree! - BJ) Thanks to Rômulo for the tip! Submitted by on Fri, 2009-05-01 07:59. |
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I officially forgive Rob Thomas
Give him your heart
LMAO
You guys are frigging hilarious even when you're NOT blogging!
w00t w00t gooooo Rob Thomas!!
Let's not go too far
Arghh!
Really great Twit!
He gets right to the heart of it in a few choice zingers.
More proof that we're winning this.
If all the opposition has is is a blonde airhead with a boob job it's won in a walk.
Yay for gay!
Rob Thomas is awesome. And now that I've read this article, my music player is going to be reloaded with those old Matchbox Twenty songs that I deleted a few days ago.
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I'll marry Rob Thomas...
If he's open to the idea of making a statement by getting married to a gay man in a state that allows it (i.e. Iowa, Vermont, etc), I'll happily volunteer myself!
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quick rant...
roland martin on CNN seriously irks me. when this thing first started, he was like "on the cnn research poll, people are against gay marriage.." he practically belted that tune every night and then yesterday, he did it again. *quick rant over*
I also don't understand how this is an issue about her being honest.
we're not fighting for an "honesty" right....we're fighting to be treated equal. why can't people see that?
another thing...i hear over and over again that gay/lesbian rights should not be compared to race rights. "being black is different than being gay...it's obvious people are black" - - yes, i seriously do hear those arguments.
discrimination and inequality are the same damn thing. maybe we're discriminated for different reasons and maybe we're inequal in different ways, but it is still forms of discrimination and inequality.
Weren't michael richards and mel both called on their 'statements'? what is really interesting about that whole issue is mel gibson surprisingly still finds work and makes a hell of a living. i'm starting to think there has to be a "ignorant statements for fame and fortune for dummies" book. :-P
Woohoo!
I am a big fan of Rob Thomas!
I love him even more when I know he supports gay marriage.My favorite song from him is "If you're gone"
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Great Responses
Even more of a fan
I've been following Rob's tweets since I signed up a few weeks ago. His latest tweets have engaged his followers to debate, rather than resort to name calling. Hopefully, his level-headed, rational involvement in twittering the issue have convinced at least one follower to form an opinion who didn't previously have one, or even change the opinion of someone blindly following "how their parents raised them". I've loved his music and voice ever since I first heard him. I didn't need the extra reason to be a fan, but YAY!
"Let go of my ears, I know what I'm doing."
Wow, this is why I love Rob
Wow, this is why I love Rob Thomas! I agree with every single word he said.
Rob's New Album
New Rob Thomas Interview on Solo Album
Hey everyone! Have you guys seen this new Rob Thomas Soundcheck interview over at soundcheck.walmart.com/rob-thomas where he talks about his new album? RT talks about the songs in his album and the collaborations too. His new album is called Cradlesong an I can't wait for it.