“>>>>most people have come to accept and even expect “identity based” legal decisions.
“Yes, concur completely. Out of fear they acquiesce.”
I don’t think its out of fear. This is what they are taught is fair and proper in colleges and by the media. Of course the little guy should beat the big guy, the minority should beat the white guy, the poor should beat the rich, the perverted should beat the normal. These people didnt arise overnight. It took 40 years of breeding them in universities, MTV, and Hollywood. They are the mainstream, those with traditional American values are now the freaks.
I’ll be a contrarian and maintain that it is fear or at least apprehension of being perceived as retro or old fashioned.
Not to discount the reasons you cite, I agree with them, but that is the foundation for the opinion they cite.
Fear or intellectual sloth then makes them toe the Party line, kowtowing to the gods of conventional wisdom.
Either way, the result is the same!