I wonder how many people in this thread have actually spent significant amounts of time working with a person or persons involved in the LGBTQ community; the lack of empathy and paucity of attempts at understanding the situations, even if you disagree with their lifestyles, are disturbing.
While the community is largely liberal, there are far more conservative members than one would think. The conservative men and women in the LGBTQ communities and activist groups are fighting for the same thing all conservatives fight for: the right to a dignified life, free for self-determination, free of unwarranted and uninformed judgment. They want to be recognized as fellow human beings worthy of dignity and inclusion and then given their space to be productive members of society. In a way, our refusal to provide them with those conservative ideals is what is pushing the movement forward.