Huffington Post

Ben Carson Withdraws As Johns Hopkins Commencement Speaker After Gay Marriage Outcry:

Dr. Ben Carson, a Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, said Wednesday evening that he would step down as commencement speaker for the School of Medicine after his incendiary comments opposing gay marriage drew outrage from students and faculty.

Why should this man step down because of his beliefs and what he considers to be the truth? There are many other people in this country that feel gay marriage and its activities are not natural acts. Sodomy has been against the law in many states for years.

“Given all the national media surrounding my statements as to my belief in traditional marriage, I believe it would be in the best interest of the students for me to voluntarily withdraw as your commencement speaker this year,” he wrote in an email to Dean Paul Rothman shared with the school.

Carson compared gay marriage to bestiality and pedophilia in a recent Fox News appearance. “My thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman,” he said. “It’s a well-established, fundamental pillar of society, and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality — it doesn’t matter what they are — they don’t get to change the definition.”

Whatever happened to freedom of speech? Dr. Carson is a neurosurgeon and his opinions should not interfere with professional life. I guess in this country it has eroded to the point where a person is guilty by principle of association.

The snow ball is rolling.