Psst? Conservatives? Wanna Shut Down the Gay Rights Movement?

You can! And it’s easy! Just give us what we want.

An advocacy group that was a major player in Connecticut’s gay marriage debate has decided to close its doors at the end of 2009.

Leaders at “Love Makes a Family” say the 10-year-old group wants to conclude its work on a victorious note in the wake of last fall’s state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

Social conservatives complain that the gay rights movement—the demos, the demands, the coverage, the campaigns—makes it so darn hard for them to “protect” their children from an awareness of the existence of homosexuality, which they want to do because… um… I guess because hearing about homosexuality can make someone homosexual. (If only we heard more about heterosexuality then no one would be gay.) But most of what we read about the gays in the papers or see on our TVs—most of what their children are exposed to—wouldn’t be written or broadcast if there weren’t a debate about gay rights. No debate = nothing much to cover. Since gays and lesbians aren’t going to go away—since we’re going to keep demanding our rights until we’ve got ’em—the only way to end the debate is to give us what we want. All of it. Everything.

So, social conservatives, give us what we want. You’ll get to hear a lot less about us, we’ll get to enjoy our full civil rights—everybody wins! Including your gay children!