That wasn't the point of the analogy though. The idea was to redirect the negative energy against a comic book publisher into something positive into the real world.

But even if you don't care for that approach the point remains that it was not anti-gay marriage, it was pro-gay marriage, which somehow some people seemed to miss.

And it was just one brief aside in an interview. From the reaction you'd think he was standing on top of a monument with a megaphone spreading gay hate.