"which protect minorities and block the death penalty"
Gays are not a minority, they have made a choice.
> they have made a choice
Do you really believe one can choose wether to be homo or hetero? I'm hetero and it's absolutely clear to me that I don't have that choice and never had it. If you truely believe what you wrote there, my advice to you would be to sit down in a calm moment, be honest to yourself and think the unthinkable.