In 1993 the mainstream media trumpeted the news that researchers had found proof that homosexuality is innate, genetic, and a normal behavior within a predictable percentage of the population. News stories generally suggested that these new discoveries only confirmed what homosexuals had been saying all along, and showed that those who have disapproved of homosexuality are either ignorant, biased, or both. Some experts even indicated that a proper interpretation of the data would most likely lead to the precise opposite interpretation. In the age of civil rights they understood that their chances of misleading the nation and winning public acceptance would be much better if they appeared to be an oppressed minority than if they revealed what they actually do behind closed doors. Blacks and Hispanics who have won legitimate civil rights struggles, however, are rightfully among the most offended by the claims of the activists and the media.
Sexual orientation is perhaps the most profound of human behavioral characteristics.
Comparison of the two is a convenient but invalid argument. Skin color is morally neutral and tells nothing about the character of the person. Sexual behavior, on the other hand, has everything to do with character and morality. It is not incidental that homosexual behavior has been punished and discouraged from earliest times. Promotion and encouragement of traditional families has allowed society to prosper, to reproduce itself, to avoid sexually-transmitted diseases, and to provide healthy nurture and training for future generations.