Exactly, Christ, when I first began lurking here I figured it was just an echo-chamber overreaction to think this type of legislation was a serious concern.  But now, oh god, and the answer is in this article:  the majority of developed and some developing countries are fat fucks.  It's not to protect a minority; it's to coddle/curry votes from a lazy majority who wants to take advantage of the government mechanisms put in place to protect actual minorities from actual discrimination, violence, etc.  So yeah - we're fucked :(