Our nation has a deserved reputation of not awarding rights to a minority group without bloodshed or even war. Perhaps gays can gain rights without much blood (though hate crimes are blood that has been spilled), but the general wimpy demeanor of many gay rights organizations -- "Do you think, perhaps, we could have our rights, please?" -- isn't going to get us very far.
The Democratic Party has some traditional constituencies, black, Hispanic, and ,since at least 1992, gays. Some of these other groups are somewhat to a lot homophobic and most Dem powerbrokers see nothing wrong with letting the gays get shorted while they cater to the homophobes. The reasoning is sound. It isn't that gays have nowhere else to go, because some gays are enthusiastic supporters of candidates that give them not much in return. It's that gays let them. Free gay votes. No effort required.
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