Geekable catches the gay

In one of Andrew Sullivan's more lucid moments:

Let me give you an example of the double standards here. I remember once being driven around by a charming woman on a stop on a book tour. We talked about my book, and she averred, after chatting all day, that she had nothing against gay people, she just wished they wouldn't "bring it up" all the time. I responded: "But you've been talking about your heterosexuality ever since I got in the car." She said: "I haven't. I've never once discussed sex." My response: "Within two minutes, you mentioned your children and your husband. You talked about your son's work at high school. You mentioned your husband's line of work. And on and on. You wear your heterosexuality on your sleeve all the time. And that's fine. But if I so much as mention the fact that I'm gay, I'm told it's all I care about, and that I should pipe down. Don't you see the double standard?" Candidates mention their families all the time. An entire question last night was devoted to the relationship between men and their wives and daughters. Mentioning Mary Cheney is no more and no less offensive than that. What is offensive is denying gay couples equal rights in the constitution itself. Why don't conservatives get exercized about that?

Meanwhile, if you were unaware, the White House's General Accounting Office calculates that people get 1,049 legal rights when they become married. Homosexuals are denied all of these rights, even though the 14th Amendment promises "equal protection under the law". The Bush administration supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions, which would forever deny gay people the rights that us straight people take for granted.