Ernest,
Sorry, but I have seen businesses suffer for taking a stand on politics, religion, gay rights, abortion. I boycott products produced by companies that are trying to overturn Roe v. Wade - Sally Hanson Nail Products, for one. I also avoid buying cosmetics that are produced by companies that still test on live animals.

If his business were not an issue, why was it brought up at a meeting of the local Real Estate Board the following Friday?
"Taylor isn't worried about the exchange hurting his business. And Theresa Salmen, executive vice president of the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors, said developers she met with Friday morning didn't seem to mind."

Just as Taylor has a right to speak, his customers and business associates have a right to disagree with his speech and make it known by boycotting his services. He is, I reiterate, a brave man.

Mary