[HondaCRF450]

I agree with your assessment up to a point - but the attempt to put “gay” in the same category as gender, race, etc. is an attempt to make it of equal importance. Would it be different if they put “pedophile” there or “people with blonde hair”? Putting it on the list makes it stand out in a way that is unnecessary for the application of professional effort.

[dilvish]

Well “social standing” is also on the list. So I’m not sure they’re making gay of equal importance as gender so much as listing everything they could think of that condescending people used as an excuse.

[Citizen Blade]

I agree with your assessment up to a point - but the attempt to put “gay” in the same category as gender, race, etc. is an attempt to make it of equal importance.

I don't have a problem with telling attorneys that if you take a gay person on as a client, you have to give them the same level of professionaly commitment as you would any other client.

Would it be different if they put “pedophile” there or “people with blonde hair”?

Well, if you agree to represent someone charged with child molestation, you do owe them a duty of care when it comes to your work. Lawyers are supposed to be dispassionate in their work and represent their clients without predjudice.