Well, be careful what you ask for. If we return to “mental illness,” or even if we allow it to be accepted as “biologically determined,” then they will be protected under the ADA and just about every other ‘civil-rights based’ argument there is.
I believe homosexuality is a preference, a choice, and not one that is biological. It is therefore deserving of no special protections or civil liberties.
And, by the way, the call for same-sex marriage is not one of equality. Heterosexuals and homosexuals are all limited by the same marriage options (opposite sex, legal age, consensual, no current marriage, etc.). The same-sex marriage crowd is asking for ADDITIONAL or SPECIAL rights. They want to have the same set of options opposite-sex marriages have and they ALSO want to be able to marry people of the same sex.
I say, no special rights to homosexuals.
We have four candidates who will fix our economic mess—we only have one who will fix the rest.