[Rorkimaru]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

Would have been really controversial if he had said 'I hate gays, I'm straight!'.

Nice strawman there.

Firstly he didn't say I hate straights, I'm gay. He used two positive terms. Secondly Marc is very clearly a supporter of gay rights. He was close friends with Simon which he wouldn't have been if he hated gays. He also posted publicly in support of the marriage equality referendum. Plus as an educated guy from dublin in his age bracket it'd be incredibly unlikely that he would dislike gay people.

All he did was lightheartedly spurn a joking advance by pretending to be sexually incompatible. Guess what, if we're going to move to a society where all sexual orientations are normalised then talking about them needs to be ok. He said nothing negative. He didn't say he hated a group. Of course if he honestly said he hated gays there'd be uproar because that's homophobia. He doesn't, and didn't say it.