From the article, ""The media surrounding this story reached the point where it took away from the actual work, and that's something I wasn't comfortable with."
Sounds like it wasn't necessarily that he thought it was wrong, but that the he was quite likely being harassed by people.
I personally don't get all the hoopla myself. Yeah, I realize that OSC is a bigot and has viewpoints I don't agree with, but his actual writing is pretty damn good. Ender's Game is hands down one of my favorite books ever. I loved it before I knew he was who he was. I can't retroactively go back and change my opinion.
I don't like Republican's. I think their policies are destructive. Should I avoid the works of Right Leaning Writers?