"Fag" issue

I wrote the following three paragraphs (with minor edits for grammar) and e-mail it to Jeff Passan in response to his article, "Guillen doesn't get it", posted on June 22, 2006 on the Yahoo! Sports web site.

There is no excuse in using the term "fag" regardless of one's intention. Ozzie Guillen should be ashamed of himself. With everything that's happening following the incident, I'm sure he will be much more careful in calling people names using a term that might offend a specific group of people.

With that said, I can't help but wonder about the outrage. How many people calling for Guillen's head actually support gay marriage? Did the US, all of a sudden, turn into an ideal country that supports the equal rights for gays and lesbians? Last I heard, the majority of Americans support the ban on gay marriage. President Bush referred to the same sex marriage as a threat to the value of the American family and a threat to marriage – many Americans agreed.

I feel that we are wasting our energy in blowing up this story when the real issue is about the way the close-minded people treating other people who are different than them. If Guillen would be suspended a game or two for his remark then can we suspend President Bush a couple of months for treating gays and lesbians like second-class citizens?