A conservative Charlotte, NC-based parent recently attacked multi-platinum pop-punk act Fall Out Boy describing their concert as a "liberal homosexual rally" due to the band's political views. The writer said:

Your band was very foul mouthed and anti-morals. Charlotte is not the demoralized city that liberal San Fransico [sic] and other cities across the North and West are. This was a concert, not some liberal homosexual rally. Your responsibility was to sing your songs not for you to give your own personal political testimony,

The band took a stand on principle saying:

The only thing we consider unacceptable is for you to engage in sexist, racist or homophobic behavior. if you do and want to continue to we dont want you as a fan- return our merch and leave". if that is offensive to you, I apologize but we don't want you to be part of our fanbase.

It is not a liberal homosexual rally but at the same time it will never be a Klu Klux Klan rally. We don't need to sell tickets that badly. I encourage fans of our band to grow up to become good people and to change the world. unfortunately, I dont believe that treating other people as inhuman is acceptable. […] Our idea of family is one of equality and openness- hopefully you will reconsider.

The band is touring from March 15th through May 14th with support from the All-American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights and From First to Last.

You can read the original exchange in Fall Out Boy's journal.