LGBTQ rights are not special rights.  People are asking for the same rights everyone else possesses.  For example, the right to freedom from discrimination.  There is no federal law prohibiting discrimination in employment or housing that applies to LGBTQ folks as is the case for women and people of color.  It is up to each state.  Fortunately, Oregon's legislature has passed laws to prohibit such discrimination.  It is not only members of the LGBTQ population who appreciate having equal rights (NOT special rights) in Oregon, but also their grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters, other family members, and their friends.  If the government has any function it is to make sure everyone has equal rights under the law.