Hosting DOES Matter
Well, it would seem hosting does indeed matter! I emailed Hosting Matters (thanks for suggesting that Mark!) and asked them to review the content I had posted. Here is their response.
Content cannot be defamation by definition unless it can be shown that the content is inherently and deliberately untrue. In your particular case, a simple google of “michael rogers gay” brought me to an article by The Independent (UK) about the very bullet points you have listed in the graphic, with quotes from him related to that subject. Further searches reveal other stories by regular journalistic outlets as well, with and without quotes. Suggesting people email him to voice their opinion of his actions is also not an actionable offense, since a look at his own site has links for email to the addresses you have listed – since he is inviting contact via email, and lists available addresses, your posting of them poses no violation of any of our policies or of any statutes. It is your opinion that his actions are as you describe them, and people are free to agree or disagree as they see fit, and post their own opinions, if they’d like to do so. In addition, there is nothing in your graphic that urges any violence against anyone – it reads, in fact, more like the sort of online boycott calls that go around from time to time. Therefore, we would take no action related to complaints by the individual about this item on your page other than to suggest he take it up with you.Regards,
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Hosting Matters, Inc.
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Looks like I won’t need those other 99 shutdowns and moves any time soon.




I’m not gay, nor do I morally condone the gay lifestyle. But I also don’t condone the silencing of peaceful dissent just because you refuse to toe some “Party Line”. Count me as one “Religious Rightie” who congratulates you for this small victory in defense of the First Amendment.
Good on you for standing up to Rogers, and good on Hosting Matters for doing right.
I’m at the same point as Brian. I don’t agree with the lifestyle, but disagreement is not necessarily a bad thing. However, stifling of dissent is. Glad you had the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the nonsense and doubly-glad that your site has been rehosted.
This makes me feel even better about going with Hosting Matters for my site hosting. Absolutely awesome.