also they got away with equating gay behavior via feelings with American blacks as a persecuted minority, thanks to Obama especially in 2012.
There was no anti-gay lifestyle come-back to this argument(attempted), so it thrived.
I remember almost 4 years ago when Carl Paladino, the GOP NY State gubernatorial candidate took Andrew Cuomo to task for taking his underage kids to the gay pride parade where they were actually doing disgusting near porno things in public.
Guess who the mainstream media criticized?
Take a peek at some of the stuff they do IN PUBLIC here and tell me whether or not it is appropriate for children:
http://www.subchat.com/otchat/readflat.asp?Id=678074&p=3#678372
http://wonkette.com/426466/carl-paladinos-aide-was-licked-at-that-gay-pride-parade