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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!

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  • snicks's picture

    I officially forgive Rob Thomas

    for making me listen to Smooth every ten minutes on the radio back in 1999.
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    Brian Juergens's picture

    Give him your heart

    Make it real, or justfogetaboutteeeeeeeeeeaaaaaahtttttt...
    jago87's picture

    LMAO

    You guys are frigging hilarious even when you're NOT blogging!

    w00t w00t gooooo Rob Thomas!!

    Ed Kennedy's picture

    Let's not go too far

    Seriously, snicks, I'm glad to have Rob in our corner, and actually tweeting back at fans is an interesting celebrity twist, but think about Smooth for a minute.  Just let that roll back into the soundtrack of your mind.  Yeah.  It's on repeat, isn't it?  And it's never coming out.  It will start up anytime you hear the song and last for days.  It'll start up any time you hear any other Rob Thomas song and drown it out.  Same for anytime you hear a Santana song.  That's what he did to us back in 1999.  And the damage will never go away.
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    Joyous's picture

    Arghh!

    Now I have Smooth in my head and it will be be there for the rest of the day
    David Ehrenstein's picture

    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.

    Firebolt's picture

    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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    Chuckles's picture

    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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    Take a break and explore the world of hedonism and pleasure-seeking!

    Chuckles!

    Liz T's picture

    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

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    Joyous's picture

    Woohoo!

    Rob just earned one more follower
    mastertv's picture

    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"

    This is my favorite gay store.You can find all gay products here!

    http://astore.amazon.com/the-greatest-gay-entertainment-store-20

    David N's picture

    Great Responses

    I think that responses from a celebrity like Rob can do more to sway public opinion about what is only right and fair. I would rather have him as a spokesman than the fauxlebrity Perez.
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    gecko44's picture

    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."

    Gabrielle's picture

    Wow, this is why I love Rob

    Wow, this is why I love Rob Thomas! I agree with every single word he said.

     

    CG13's picture

    Rob's New Album

    Can't wait for Thomas' new album?  Listen to cradlesong a full two weeks before it drops in stores. Go to http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/thomas_rob/2435091/album.jhtml to hear every single brand spankin' new track for free.
    FGMusic's picture

    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.