I very much agree with you, Steven. It's just as unhelpful to society for us to praise someone just because he's gay, without looking at other things he might be doing or not doing, as it is for someone to condemn him for no other reason that the fact that he's gay. If we're ever going to get this country on not only the right track, but a good track, we have to be fair all the way around and not let someone get away with the kind of stuff Barney has done just because we think he'll help us with our causes. If a conservative praised a Republican politician who happened to be guilty of the same things the conservative would condemn a Democrat for, just because this Republican could be helpful politically, we'd all be outraged.
