Hi All, I first want to say that it's really important to me that this community is inclusive and user run, and that nobody feels like they are being censored.

With that being said, I am deeply troubled by an uptick of comments in this sub in which people openly defend Derick's statements about homosexuality ("a travesty") and transgenderism ("a myth"). To be clear, I'm not talking about people who say "Derick has said terrible things in the past, but maybe he's learning" or "Derick sucks, but at least he's exposing JB." That is allowed. I'm talking about comments that literally say there is nothing wrong about what he said, or that openly advocate for politically opposing gay marriage, or who say that Derick didn't really mean anything bad by what he said and that in some ways, he was right.

I have seen not only several comments here from users who say they oppose gay marriage, but also several supportive replies and many upvotes on such comments. And I'm not just talking about one or two specific comments--I have seen dozens of comments to this effect from a variety of users in the past few weeks.

I do not want to be ultra-strict with the rules here, but I need to apply the brakes. If you have more conservative Christian views, that is not my business, and you are perfectly free to discuss that in other subreddits (and I would not ban a user here for participating in other subreddits). However, it is not allowed here, and we will have to ban users who repeatedly violate this rule. I am happy to talk with anyone who has questions about this rule.