| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | Barry Duke | This apology is an affront to free speech, and encourages religious zealots to attempt to further stifle freedom of expression. Retract it at once, and reinstate O'Neil's column on the website |
| 2 | David McKeegan | By bowing to bigots, the editor has become a bigot himself. |
| 3 | Jake Matchett | Please retract this apology, Christian Voice is the lunatic fringe of Chritian bigotry, they need the oxygen of publicity so that they can pretend they are relevant- don't encourage them. |
| 4 | Andy Armitage | As a former journo and a blogging advocate for the protection of free speech, I agree with this petition entirely. It's utterly shameful that the Echo should betray its journalist in such a manner. |
| 5 | Neal Shepperson | Shame on you you bunch of invertibrate god grovellers!!! |
| 6 | John Riddell | Free speech is being steadily eroded by the failure of the media to stand up for it. Some religious folk want to silence any comment on their 0ften silly beliefs. Please don't let them - that way lies the Inquisition! |
| 7 | Marcus Robinson | Open the gate to bullies, and you will be crushed in the stampede. Apologise now for the apology and don't be cowed by religious fuckwits like "Birdshit" Green. They are a waste of oxygen! |
| 8 | Ramon Garcia | That's pathetic, no journalistic dignity whatsoever. |
| 9 | Sam Davies | The article's headline is a perfectly reasonable question. Why should Christians get to make such claims about homosexuals and not have to back them up with reason? |
| 10 | Roger Hinchliffe | whatever happened to free speech in the press? The editor should resign without further ado. |
| 11 | Nick Pullar | Freedom of expression! |
| 12 | M Aslam Chohan | Where is the freedom of speech. Put the article back. If hard won freedoms through centuries are to be forfieted like this then why publis a paper at all |
| 13 | Mark Etherton | |
| 14 | Stephen Robertson | This is an outrageous situation. By giving in they have proved themselves to be cowards and given encouragement to a sick bully. The article, taken in context, was an attack on a hypocritical liar, Stephen Green and his ilk, not on religion. |
| 15 | David Holland | |
| 16 | David Llewellyn | |
| 17 | Roy Heaps | |
| 18 | Ross Burgess | |
| 19 | Gary | Yet another organisation who are pandering to homophobic bigots. Maybe you should have demanded green offer an apology to all ofthe people he constantly attempts to degrade as being below him.
Such a shame that The South Wales Echo can now be added to the long list of spineless organisations who pander to Stephen Green who cares more about his own ego than other human beings. |
| 20 | Sean | Stop pandering to these idiots, it's not 1508. |
| 21 | Adam Doughty | |
| 22 | Neil Cammies | |
| 23 | John Hein | You really have no need to respect people who still have imaginary friends... |
| 24 | Anonymous | free speech! |
| 25 | Oliver Arthurs | |
| 26 | Anonymous | |
| 27 | A. Tyson | |
| 28 | Patrick Slattery | I am constantly "offended" by people of a religious persuasion whingeing on about their wounded feelings. I read Dan O'Neil's article, and thought it wonderfully refreshing. |
| 29 | Mike Rickwood | |
| 30 | Calvin Green | A bloody disgrace: those Christian worms deserve much less than an apology. |
| 31 | Nick Lister | |
| 32 | Bud Jowell | Rather than picket, why don't the christianbigots answer the question? |
| 33 | Steve Rowe | |
| 34 | Mike | Please keep the press free from undue pressure from pressure groups. Reinstate the the article. |
| 35 | Michael Cohen | If you cave into this religious pressure the next thing we will wake up to is intelligent design being taught in our schools |
| 36 | Michael Cohen | If you cave into this religious pressure the next thing we will wake up to is intelligent design being taught in our schools |
| 37 | Ross hepburn | |
| 38 | Darric Pen | |
| 39 | Anonymous | |
| 40 | kvrothwell | Retract the apology and launch further attacks on ALL religion as soon as possible! |
| 41 | Sam | |
| 42 | Michael Hobley | What a bunch of snivelling cowards. |
| 43 | Rob Fahey | |
| 44 | Buffy | Why is it that you kowtow to Christian homophobes so quickly but don't seem to care if countless LGBT people are offended? Oh, wait. I already know the answer. "Business as usual. " |
| 45 | Neil Hoskins | |
| 46 | Roger | |
| 47 | Sean Parker | Don't bow down to a few regiously inclined idiots! |
| 48 | George Broadhead | I don't agree with the implication that Jesus was gay (see GALHA briefing 'Jesus and Homosexuality' at www.galha.org) but I am appalled at the editor's abject apology. |
| 49 | Martin Reilly | |
| 50 | John Vole | Don't give into these crazed bigots! |