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!