Why Do Straights Hate Gays?

I made a brief comment after the Democratic takeover of Congress last year about how I'm not sure what they stand for and what they will fight as a coherent political agenda.

I'm convinced now that neither Clinton and Obama stand for anything since it seems they're dodging gay and lesbian issues which basically permits condemnation. I can't seem to recall anyone who will stand definitively on what they think is principled and right -- unless you're a conservative, in which their platform is crystal clear and consistent. But on the liberal side? For Democrats? I don't see anyone at all.

And I'm not at all surprised when Larry Kramer, founder of ACTUP, writes an article like this:

DEAR STRAIGHT PEOPLE,

Why do you hate gay people so much?

Gays are hated. Prove me wrong. Your top general just called us immoral. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, is in charge of an estimated 65,000 gay and lesbian troops, some fighting for our country in Iraq. A right-wing political commentator, Ann Coulter, gets away with calling a straight presidential candidate a faggot. Even Garrison Keillor, of all people, is making really tacky jokes about gay parents in his column. This, I guess, does not qualify as hate except that it is so distasteful and dumb, often a first step on the way to hate. Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama tried to duck the questions that Pace's bigotry raised, confirming what gay people know: that there is not one candidate running for public office anywhere who dares to come right out, unequivocally, and say decent, supportive things about us....