I agree, Elagabalus.  It's clearly a vendetta against gays.  And I consider the firings to be very violent acts.  
I find this entire thing to be very upsetting.  Talking about being against violence is not the same as stating clearly that LGBTQ people are God's children and no different from those who are heterosexual, created by God to be as they are, and stating clearly that homosexual expressions of love are no different from heterosexual expressions of love.