Stop the gay-bashing, Republicans!

What is becoming more and more evident is that leaders in Washington and Hollywood have to start being more responsible and accountable for their statements, actions, and the art they produce. If statements such as those of Carl Paladino, Jim DeMint, and the recent Ron Howard film continued to be socially acceptable (which they obviously aren’t on some level given the public outcry in both situations), then we are just perpetuating the incendiary environment that we live in where kids in schools are going to continue to be harassed and taunted. At what point is enough, enough? When do statements cross the line from opinion into bigotry? And, most importantly, when are politicians, artists, and our leaders going to start being cognizant of the fact that there are serious repercussions to this kind of rhetoric?