I have been following Otto Fong's, a Singapore teacher who came out on his blog, case quite closely. 

mollymeekhas a brilliant analysis in which she claims that it doesn't matter if Fong is dismissed from the public service for he and other people fighting for political freedom have already lost mainly because they do not have the freedom of speech.  mollymeek writes: "If [Fong] is sacked, it will be a signal to gays (particularly gay teachers) that they are not accepted and it will be a signal to anti-gay people that there [sic] views are still respected. There will simply be societal regression. On the other hand, if Fong is not sacked, this case will probably be used as a great example that gays are actually 'tolerated' or even accepted in this society. 'Look, you are not at risk just because you are gay.' Which simply is not true."

Her analysis is so brilliant I wish I wrote it! But I don't want to talk about human rights; I want to talk about bigotry. Let's take "Ponder" for example. S/he writes:

"Is he encouraging RI students to experiment with homosexuality? I believe that many gays started out when someone older approaches them and manages to persuade them that it is ok to experiment with their sexuality. With blogs like Otto’s, these teenagers would be much more easily 'persuaded'. If an adult wants to be a gay, then I would say that they are making a choice as a mature person. But to impart such values to impressionable teens (especially by a teacher), then I say that is stepping out of line."

My response: If we can encourage a homosexual lifestyle, why don’t we encourage a heterosexual lifestyle to the gays? In this way, everyone will be straight.

Or Mr Guay, who describes himself as a "teacher in training". He says:

"1. There's no need to declare you're gay. Same reason why I don't declare myself a straight person, nor the fact that I enjoy gambling especially mahjong. What's the point?
2. If he has truly loved teaching, and loved his students (pun intended...), then he would not have done something to jepoardise [sic] his teaching career.
3. I would admire him more for suppressing his own desire for whatever he seeks, so as to serve the greater good."

My response: 

"1. You don't have to declare yourself as a straight person because the society takes it for granted you're straight. From this, we can see the bias of a society: heterosexuals on top, homosexuals at the bottom. The point of Otto Fong's declaration is 'silence = death'. He needs to be honest with himself and others if he wants to start living his own life. 

2. You gotta be kidding me, right? Do you want your career or your life?

3. I would admire you more for suppressing your own heterosexual desire for whatever you seek, so as to serve the greater good, i.e., if you don't marry and have children, you'll have more time for your students. I think you should sacrifice your life for the greater good."

(How I worry for our future generation when we have teachers like Mr. Guay.)

From the two case studies, we can conclude that bigotry=stupidity. Being a bigot doesn't give one the right to be stupid. If you're a bigot, then at least be intelligent in your prejudice and hatred! Will the real smartass bigot please stand up? 

At this point, I would like to invite all bigots back to your closets. The world is not big enough for you.