Sexual minorities, no less than ethnic or racial minorities, would become a new federally-protected class entitled to their fair share of societal sanction and subsidy. The president, by executive decree, has already banned discrimination based on sexual orientation among the federal government's 2.9 million civil servants. At least ten states have already adopted ENDA-type legislation. Rhetoric among ENDA's supporters about minority rights is politically savvy but deeply deceptive. But the push for such legislation has little to do with genuine concern about workplace prejudice.
Market surveys show that homosexuals, on average, have higher incomes than the average household.
Specifically, ENDA is wrong for several reasons. Traditional religion cites heterosexual marriage as the ideal for sexual expression. Sex is a powerful force with great capacity for good or evil. History shows that full sexual liberation, shorn of all taboos, leads not to freedom but anarchy. A national policy that treats sexual practice as no different from ethnic identity would emasculate traditional moral restraints regarding sexuality.