I also find it interesting that those who attack him, including on this thread, with lies/slander, never respond to the facts -- as you have presented here. Their silence IMO is shameful.
Someone noted above that the left can make something 'controversial' just by saying it is controversial. The reason for that has to do with the media whoredom and the 'perception' that those who state something is controversial 'must be speaking for the majority thus something out of majority held beliefs is controversial'. The huge problem with that is the media and their masters on the left get to 'establish the belief system for the assumed but not actual majority.' It is a slight of hand, where the media whores create the illusion that what they present is the majority held belief, without presenting the true majority held beliefs, thus changing what the majority actually support over time.