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Originally Posted by alansmithee
There is a BIG difference. Being black is not a behavior set. If I apply for a job and am not hired because I'm black, that is unfair. My race is something I cannot do anything about. But if I show up for an interview with a backwards baseball hat, baggy jeans, a t-shirt and start of saying "YO YO YO WHAT"S UP DOG!" he can certainly not hire my ignorant ass. However if that's how I present myself after hours, he cannot fire me. Point being, black (or white or mexican or any other race for that matter) does not have an active choice associated with it, I can no more stop being black than I could take off my skin. However, men can stop having sex with men and women can stop having sex with women.
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That's based off of your assumption that people CHOOSE to be gay. People don't just up and decide, "Shit, today is tuesday, I think I'll be GAY today!"
You are attracted to women - you are not attracted to men. Do you concsiously CHOOSE that, or is that just the way things are for you? Same thing for them.
You may feel absolutely no attraction to a man whatsoever, but in the same sense, they don't feel that way about their oppposite sex!
It's all tolerance and understanding.
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And as for nobody wanting murder, rape, or stealing-there are quite a few of killers, rapists, and thieves that would probably disagree. Why are you criticising their lifestyle choice? 
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Why are we stuck on this still? Hahaha
It's NOT THE SAME!! Not even REMOTELY close to the points I am trying to make! Someone gay who is married has NO EFFECT on your life! Someone who walks up to your mother and shoots her in the face or forces her to have sex against her will does affect you. If you can give me a reason how it affects you that two men are married, I'll let it be.
If I have a good time with myself watching porn while smoking a joint, does that affect you?
These are the things I'm trying to get at. Personal choices, personal responsibility, amongst other things (stem cell research falling into neither category).
I know you're trying to make a point, but you're choosing the wrong examples.