If there's nothing wrong with it, what's the problem?

You know how we are told over and over again by Hollywood and the media that there's nothing wrong with homosexuality? I'm a little confused. Phong Van Meter was sued in civil court by one of her restaurant customers, and the judge found in favor of the customer.

It seems that Phong liked to poke fun at the customer. He often came in with his friend, and he says that Phong kept insinuating in front of the other customers that they were a gay couple. If there's nothing wrong with homosexuality, then what's the problem?

Besides that, I can't imagine why the customer kept coming back if Phong offended him. If the employees or owners of a business I go to insult me or otherwise make me feel uncomfortable, I just don't go back. Yet this man evidently had breakfast there several times a week.

In his suit, the customer says Phong is guilty of "defamation of character and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress." Is he saying (gasp!) that homosexuality is a character issue? He says of Phong, "She is an evil old woman." Is that not defamation of character? Could such an allegation cause Phong emotional distress?

I wonder why Phong, who is obviously Asian, doesn't countersue for racial discrimination. She alleges that the customer wanted to run her out of town and used a racial slur when speaking of her.

I guess we've come to the point where we can't say what we want to on our own property. Maybe the Supreme Court will see the absurdity in this suit and toss it in the trash can where it belongs.

"Tiff over verbal jabs heads to justices." The Dallas Morning News; March 26, 2012; p. 3A.