True, but dangerous

It's annoying when I disagree with my friend and debate partner and other opinions back him up. Sigh. But this one speaks from real-life experience. After the New York Senate voted down gay marriage a gay guy told his partner to go ahead to the protest rally while he stayed at work. Then he heard about how poorly the protest was attended. He and his partner had a long discussion that evening. Why not bother going? Everyone says that gay marriage is inevitable. Why stand in the cold if it will happen anyway? He decided that the claim of being inevitable may be true but it is dangerous. We lose our outrage to make it happen at all.