This solution, while tempting, is not as tidy as it sounds. More than other issues, homosexuality seems to force one into an extreme position. Either you accept homosexuality completely or you end up supporting some form of discrimination. The moment you hesitate to sanction homosexual marriage or homosexual men as Big Brothers to young boys or the ordaining of avowed homosexuals, you have agreed to discrimination against homosexuals. And then the ACLU, gay activists and others will lump you with the religious right wing.
Liberals fear being lumped with right-wingers.
And they loathe the thought of discriminating against minorities. Gay activists have depicted themselves as a persecuted minority, and this label tugs at the conscience of moral individuals, both liberal and conservative. But gays are not a persecuted minority in the same way that, say, blacks have been. Sexual lifestyle is qualitatively different from skin color writes Prager. Blacks have been discriminated against for what they are and homosexuals have been discriminated against for what they do.