They are liberals. Libs are liberals first and every thing else a distant second.
Exactly.
Not exactly related, but it sheds light on this phenomena:
I recently attended a safety meeting with city officials at a local magnet school (school safety procedures, keeping kids safe while gunfire is going on in the neighborhood etc).
This is a first rate, excellent school but it was placed in the worst, most crime-ridden neighborhood in town. Because, you know, equality or something.
During the Q&A, someone had the temerity to ask why the school board had chosen to place this magnet school in an unsafe area and would it be possible to move it to another location, safer for the kids.
His question was immediately shot down. The message is clear: PC trumps EVERYTHING. The school board will gladly sacrifice the safety of school kids on the altar of PC.
Same holds true here.