Quote Originally Posted by Drageuth View Post
Those laws are for making sure people aren't excluded because of their race/gender/orientation. They really only apply to jobs, colleges, or anything where a person is being hired/chosen over another person -- applying for an apartment, homeowner's association, that sort of thing outside of the workforce. Anti-discrimination laws do not do anything against people who speak out against homosexuals, or who still have deeply ingrained racism. As long as it doesn't devolve into hate speech (inciting violence against individuals), then it's protected by freedom of speech.
Yeah it's pretty much the same here, but you have to be careful making derogatory comments. You don't need to be inciting violence to get yourself into trouble.
But usually it's just your employer that wants to distance themselves from you after such public comments, or corporate entities may withdraw sponsorship.