I follow you, but as you can also follow your argument could be used not long ago in America to justify firing a chancellor (or other in prominent position) for

I follow you, but as you can also follow your argument could be used not long ago in America to justify firing a chancellor (or other in prominent position) for being in a romantic relationship with a black person. I can assure you that people used to find that disgusting, and a white guy in a relationship with black woman was seen as making a flamboyant choice and shoving it in people’s faces. Admittedly, when it comes to sex, my view of the US is that of a prudish and cruel cultural backwater.