‘How in the hell did homosexuals gain such power in our culture, to have a veto power over what a private company such as Amazon can sell?’
extremely skillful use of victimology, funded by scads of personal wealth...
Nope. One factor, and only one factor. The people who make entertainment (Los Angeles) and the people who provide the "News" (New York) decided they would propagandize the United States with false information about homosexuals.
They stopped anything derogatory of @ueers, and started promoting the impression that they were healthy and well adjusted as well as being everywhere.
It was media propaganda that was the dominant cause of Americans moving in this direction.
And gushing support from suburban women