(May 15, 2014 at 1:25 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: The only reason I think gays may get a little better treatment then what blacks did in the early 20th century is because you can always tell a person's sexuality by looking at them like you can with race. Either way it is the same evil and ignorance that drives both.
I think it has more to do with the societal effects of the civil rights movement. Overt displays of discrimination, regardless of the basis, simply aren't generally tolerated in public anymore.