Anti-gay campaign against TV show - billingsgazette.com

Campaign against 'gay' TV show. Just read about this via blah, blah, black sheep, 'chrisafer's' superb blog. There's a supposed backlash regarding the screening of the stupidly lighthearted programme Queer Eye for the Straight Guy which screens on NBC affiliates. Why is it that in the US there has to be such a vehement denial of other people's rights and actions - just because the show involves gay issues doesn't mean that it's promoting them. It just acknowledges that the issues exist and incorporates them into society. There's no point in denying the gay existence, surely doing something about their intolerance would be more productive.
On a similar note, about a year ago we in the UK had a huge fuss generated over the number of 'asylum seekers' attempting to gain entry into the country. At the time Tony Blair preached tolerance over the issue - trying to calm the whole 'situation' down. (In reality of course much of the 'situation' was simply in the minds of tabloid newspaper editors attempting to generate more sales). My problem is that I don't want more tolerance, but acceptance. I don't want to be tolerated, implying a rather underhand dislike of the issue, I would much prefer to be considered part of the whole, a member of the crowd, not one on the outskirts who can be shunned when conveniently out of the spotlight.