Yeah the argument of "free speech" doesn't really wash when it's used as a thinly veiled guise to trumpet hate speech, particularly in a world where some of the largest countries continue to purge the members of their LGBTQIA communities, and being forced to conceal your identity as a homosexual person is one of the main reasons for refugee flight outside of war.

As pointed out, there's a bit of hypocrisy in Rugby AU's stance, but this is a really cut and dry case.