Good point. I do not live in San Fran, but I think that if gays and lesbians had equal rights across the board then maybe some of the whole "down your throat" thing would die down. Maybe they are doing this because they are angry or trying to get their point across?

I would never say that "in general" gays and lesbians have suffered as much as african americans during slavery and even later on, but equality is equality, IMO. I don't think that there are different levels of it. Either everyone is equal and all groups have equal rights or one group is being discriminiated against. If we made gays and lesbians suffer as much as blacks had to during slavery, then would it be OK? It doesn't make sense to me that one group who had to fight for equality for so long would discriminate against another group trying to gain equality just because they haven't suffered the same. Regardless if they compare the struggle or not. Were most black people on board with equal rights for gays before the two struggles were compared, or did they significantly change their stance on equal rights for gays when gays started comparing struggles? I am not positive on this one, but my guess is that it was never supported on a large scale level and viewed as an equal rights issue by the vast majority of african americans. I could be wrong, I havn't done any surveys, but I don't think most African Americans view discrimination based on race and homosexuality as the same thing and IMO they are. I just think a group of people that were discriminated for so long should come to the defense of another group that is going through any amount of discrimination what so ever. Isn't that what the whole civil rights movement was about? Equal rights?