Not true at all. You should think things through more thorougly if your intention is to get at the truth. I've noticed the latest pop_new-think item is to throw "Taliban" at those who desire a higher standard.
For the record I don't support legal or physical intimidation against gay people. Now that you've forced me to take time to undistort my argument, back to the subject at hand.
Gayness really wasn't much of an issue until very recently in Western culture. It's not an issue at all in many cultures that don't have a Taliban. These cultures have a collective ethos (as ours did until very recently) that determines what's healthy and unhealthy in society. This by it's nature protects and keeps the integrity of the collective which is why it's compassionate.
Yes there's a very good reason why they used to not let pregnant teens on the cheerleading squads and there's a very good reason why homosexuals that couldn't repress their urges kept to themselves, as opposed to frolicking in bathhouses and giving seminars to school children.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but you really do think that you're a forward thinker and that the pain and mistakes made by our ancestors is irrelevant. Such a philosophy dictates that we're much smarter and more evolved than they were and now we have figured out a way to codify abberative (is that a word?) and destructive behavior and not suffer their consequences. Even though they scream at us through the ages to look to their example, we arrogantly ignore them and their gift to us.
I won't mention biggest element of all.... God, as I gather you don't want to go there.