My future will not be that long and fruitful. I am rather elderly, retired, married to a wonderful wife, a beautiful conservative daughter living in NYC, and have always associated with whom I wished. I live in a very red state too. Aren't I lucky?
I cannot EVER remember the government dictating otherwise to me. Yes, I do own rental property, am very very conservative, but do not wish to visit any of my renter's bedrooms.
That's great, then. You can take all the gays that other landlords don't want. Capitalist competition, the free market in action. So why do you want to involve the government?
You are lucky, Chuck! And more patient than I am: I was a landlord for ten years, would never do it again. (Grrrrr!)
FYI, despite all the 'heat' being shed in these here parts--and golly I don't mean to confuse no one with the law--if you are renting your home or a property that houses less than four families, although you can't place a discriminatory ad in the paper you can tell a potential tenant to 'take a hike' for any darn reason you like.
http://www.efn.org/~fairhous/eng/legalres/federal/fhaa100.htm#100.5