The solution is very simple. Grant gays equal rights just like every other citizen.
This has nothing to do with minority rights although numerically they are a minority. This is about civil rights. About having the same rights as every other citizen of the US.
You should really read the 14th amendment some time.
Some things you may want to note. The COTUS does not mention anything about flaunting, rubbing your nose in it, being defiant or anything else. So they can do what ever it is that they would like to do with their rights once they obtain them (and they will eventually).
Had MLK, Rosa Parks and all the other civil rights protesters just sat back and abides by the laws of the day do you think blacks would have equal rights? If the gays don't fight for their rights they will not get them. Certainly homophobes such as your self will not advocate for equal rights since you do not seem to think they deserve them in the first place.
Not certain how you define 'accept' but legally you will have to. I don't think anyone cares what you think about gays. Like it or not, civil rights should not be up to a vote. Do you want someone voting on your rights? When this gets tot he SCOTUS is will in all likely hood be decided n favor of the gays. I believe Scalia has already said he sees nothing in the COTUS to deny gays equal rights and the COTUS will not be amended.
Like I said, the solution is quite simple. Not sure why you are making it so difficult on your self.
OH yea, regarding the protesting stuff.....You should check out the 1st amendment. I think they are covered on that as well.
So because I disagree with you I'm a homophobe? I don't have problem with the gay life style, I just don't want to know about it, or have to see it. Again, not for public knowledge, it's a private choice. Gays and lesbians are not classified as a minority group (I.E. special rights granted thereof) by the MAJORITY. Understand? This is glaring example of you as a militant homosexual (I assume your lesbian?) get little or no sympathy from many heterosexuals, as being "forced to accept" will never happen. Get the chip off your shoulder, it harms your cause. Nobody cares if your gay of lesbian, only you do.
I have read the US Constitution, and I fail to see what specific civil rights you refer to that have been denied to gays. I'm sure you disagree.
Gays have the right to a civil union, because same sex marriage is not....well...a marriage. Even the most liberal president ever in office Obama agrees with this, as do a majority of the American voters who shot down the gay marriage movement. Sorry you don't like this, but majority rules, and that's the way it goes.
Protest and complain all you like about "civil rights" violations, it doesn't apply. None have been committed. Also you can't compare gays to the Black race, very different in many ways. So your wasting your breath....and making it difficult for yourself and your cause.
I don't care what you think about heteros like myself, because I know most agree with me. DADT was enacted for a reason, and the reason still exists. We shall now see if the military is harmed with it's repeal and something else will be done in it's place. As former military, I think there will be problems. There was before.
It is very simple, quietly live your life, and accept what cannot be changed.
My Cut and Paste expertise:
If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!
If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about
shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal will delete it because he's "offended."
