Conservatives are so fearful of people who are different that they automatically assume each has an "agenda," and that he or she is trying to commit a subversion just by living his or her life.  Certain groups do have movements in order to band together for protection, but, so long as these do not promote violence, they are not to be feared.  People really do just want to live their lives and to be treated like "everyone else."  I'll never forget the evening 30 years ago when I heard Mike Rosen expound on the "homosexual agenda."  As a gay man, I said to myself "Joe, did you know you have an agenda?  WOW!"  My dad was in the room with me, and we both looked at each other in amazement that someone could say such a thing.  All I ever wanted to do was live my life free to be the person I was, without judgment or restriction. 
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