I agree.
But consider: I teach college (government). When the topic of homosexuality comes up as a matter of public policy, I ask the class to estimate the percentage of people that are homosexual.
Each time I ask, each class, they estimate the percentage as anywhere between 20-30% of the population being homosexual.
You can see, the brainwashing is well in progress and college-age and early 20’s are (I think) the target audience of those shows and therefore ratings would suffer if the college-age/20-somethings perceived the show was critical or non-accepting of homosexuality. . .and that would include NOT having the usual happy, well-adjusted, mature, quirky-funny enlightened homosexual on the show.
After all, these young’uns are accepting of homosexuality and are not turned off by the thought of homosexuality and what it truly is and their practices.
Just a thought. . .
When you toss in overt sympathizers, maybe the number gets that big.
Ironic, but that character is a reflection of the time when even this kind of sinning had more integrity.
The "gayest" city in the United States is Washington DC with a 10 percent homosexual population. That includes members of the mediacracy.
They push a "10+%" meme because that is what Pink Journalists do.
Maybe a certain percentage of the college population. But before I retired recently, I used to work with a lot blue-collar type young people. They were not so accepting of homosexual behavior. And I'll bet a very large pct. of the general population, including many libs, still find it repugnant. They will not say so openly, but I'd like to see them take a polygraph. I don't think the results would be something the homo lobby would like.