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I just think that when battling bigotry and hate crimes, the law and society work together. If it was legal to be homophobic, it would be even more prevalent in the north on England than it is, and when the majority of people are racist or homophobic, it discourages people to stand against. If...

I disagree. You could apply the same logic to racism etc. If people can be racist on twitter, then it gives off the impression (particularly to young people) that such behaviour is acceptable. It isn't. And I'd feel the same about some Islamic views. They aren't acceptable and we shouldn't...

If it was obvious that hell didn't exist, not many people would believe it does, yet a very large percentage of people do. And if they were charged with a crime, they would state that hell does exist, so they wouldn't use it not existing as a defence.

I think it goes without saying we all think he's a ****, but you can't jail him just for being a ****. His other posts were against the law, so they're getting more attention.

I agree. Regardless of whether a gay guy received one, it's against the bloody law. They recently jailed an Islamic activist who was also a lawyer and tried to cleverly work around our laws, preaching hate just within the law. I think we need to have tougher laws to stop people like that.

They're different cases. It's a hate crime to say these things against ethnic mimorities, gay people etc, but it's probably not a hate crime to say the same things against British soldiers. I don't know if the people in your picture are breaking the law. Started? People have already been...

He is saying gay people make him sick and wishing death on them. That's a homophobic hate crime and it's against the law. What's a dangerous road to go down? Thankfully this country isn't tolerating hate crimes. Being stupid isn't a free pass to commit crime.

If he hasen't (or doesn't) properly apologised, yes, I do. It's not ok to say that gay people make you sick and you want them to burn and die. Do you disagree?

If he says he was wrong and apologises appropriately (ideally a candid interview, rather than a club statement) then fair enough.

How does he decide, does he have a coin?

Totally agree. I accidentally ran someone over when I was young and a bit silly. I didn't stop, 'cos I couldn't have done anything about it anyway. Unfortunately they died, but there was no point in stepping forward, it wouldn't have brought her back. It's ok now though, right?

Holy ****! Is he being prosecuted for his homophobia?