The problem is that in the USA, Homosexuality is (for a majority) viewed as unnatural and immoral. Therefore, it is a community problem and not a privacy issue. It comes down from those Puritans who left the UK because they were tired of being persecuted for their religious beliefs and they wanted a place where THEY could do the persecuting.
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The problem is that in the USA, Homosexuality is (for a majority) viewed as unnatural and immoral. Therefore, it is a community problem and not a privacy issue. It comes down from those Puritans who left the UK because they were tired of being persecuted for their religious beliefs and they wanted a place where THEY could do the persecuting.