After losing the large majority of battles for same-sex marriage in states and realizing that American people are still very much opposed to such homosexual unions, those who support the overall homosexual agenda have put more focus on an incremental strategy. Homosexual activists, by passing so-called federal "hate crimes" and "employment protection" laws, hope to have the same success they have had on the local and state level of using the court system and unelected bureaucrats to silence their loudest critics – Christians. In 2001, a former construction engineer and Coast Guard reservist decided that he would rather be a...