And that is why I said leave it to the states-I think if people in those relationships want to be accepted as being in the mainstream, they might just move to SanFran, somewhere in Vermont, etc to live and work, because there are people in more conservative states who will not accept them as “one of the guys” at work or otherwise-they will be polite and impersonal, and no more.
There is a huge difference between mere tolerance and acceptance/inclusion. I’ve worked with several homosexuals over the years, and that is how they are/were treated by every straight person at work. The more “out” they are, the more they are ignored.
I don’t find most homosexuals very tolerant of straight people in any case-not even my former neighbor was-many of them are clannish, ill mannered and inconsiderate of others. They do not practice what they preach about acceptance or tolerance.