Leach was not the only person to complain about the campaign. The outcry was so great, in fact, that the city was forced to shelve it. But that he was considered something of a leader in the protest, the Human Rights Commission, with the support of the City Manager, targeted him for an investigation. Only a threatened lawsuit brought by The Thomas More Center for Law and Justice on Mr. Leach s behalf has started to put a halt to the inquisition. But it may not be the end of the controversy, as the Human Rights Commission is a separate entity apart from the city, and may decide to continue the persecution of Mr. Leach on its own without city permission.
Diversity seems to be only skin deep in Traverse City.
The second issue is that there can be little doubt that Mr. Leach has been branded a homophobe. The leftist, activist majority within the gay community long ago abandoned any pretense of wanting inclusion and tolerance of their way of life, and have now required that people not only put up with it, but agree with it as well. Anything less then total approval is now defined as homophobia. Even within the gay community, those that dare to speak out against the excesses of the lifestyle are ridiculed and attacked for their intolerance, often being described as self-loathing homosexuals. But a police officer, objecting to a riding around in a city vehicle with a sticker that endorses a lifestyle with which he disagrees, is fair game for the Human Rights lynch mob.