:::::::"Inviting people to read about x" ≠ "promoting x".  —  
 :::::"The promotion of gay pornography"?  By that logic, are we currently "promoting" Ponzi schemes?  —  
 :::So you would not argue with equal zeal against a link on the main page to the tobacco article. Then clearly, your own values are the ones dictating your opinion, not "society's" values, or else you wouldn't selectively apply the "censorship standard" established by the media and government officials to only topics you personally disagree with being on the main page. I think that's all anyone in this conversation needs to know to reject your reasoning. –  ·