Some FR posters live in towns where gays keep a low profile, so they tend to overreact when seeing openly gay people or discussing gay issues.
I consider myself über-conservative, but I have lived many years in California and Florida near the large population centers.
Gays don't bother me, since I know that most of them are too busy living their lives to even worry about "taking over" anything. The few times gay men have tried to pick me up at the gym or the beach, I have just told them I'm not interested; they always leave alone.
Btw, are you near Carmel, the most beautiful coastal town in California?
Most people are too busy to worry about "taking over" anything. But we all know that Hollywood is run by leftists with agendas.
It could be Golden Girls II where they all complain about the high cost of prescription drugs and cry about how we need socialized medicine. Some people would laugh and some would be suckered. There would be more people who believe only the government can provide affordable health care because of the propaganda. It would probably strengthen the AARP and politicians such as Ted Kennedy and Hitlery Clinton, but that would not mean most old people were trying to take over the world.
With the recent emphasis on gay characters or gay programming, it seems that TV people have a PC agenda they are trying to push. Many could be straight, even! And I'm sure that some gay-hucksters similar to race-hucksters such as Jesse Jackson would love to see the homosexual population increase to increase their own power among the politicos. "I represent 5% of the population. in 10 years, 15% of the population will be homosexual or have tried it. You need to listen to me to help you reach these voters," they'll say to politicians.
Just because your friends are/were not thinking of takeovers, doesn't mean they all aren't. Your friends probably had no political aspirations. Most of the old people and black people and gay people I know do not have political aspirations, but that doesn't mean there aren't activists in those populaitons with agendas.