I don't know what his problem is. He got tenure at ISU; he's released a movie and book on cosmology with a co-author who has made an idiot of himself publicly with his complete misunderstanding of the Special Theory of Relativity; and having injected himself into the public realm, he's now objecting there are people who have strong opinions contrary to his and are expressing them openly, just as he does. Has he been shouted down, or suppressed, told not to publish? Nope. In fact, Sigma Xi at Northern Iowa just invited him up last week to present his views. Granted, there were hordes of evolutionists there ready to ask him questions (several of which he flubbed), but what does he want? Unquestioning acceptance?
As someone who's been politically and outspokenly active in an unpopular area on campus for 20 years, I have advice for Gonzalez: stop whining.
Ah, the isssue is must more complicated than what you describe. He is not so much whining as he is being attacked and his responses are being selectively filtered by the media (ironic, no?), at least right now. You seem to have first hand knowledge of what is going on at ISU (and so do I), but the fact is that Gonzalez is being attacked as indirectly being a threat to academic freedom is over the top. I will talk to Gonzalez next week and report my impressions to you. Hold your worst fire for a week, please.