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Thank you for saying this.

If there is every a doubt in your mind, consider that at some point, your actions, race, or lifestyle might make you the target of similar hate. It is very bad for any majority group to be able to take the rights away from any minority group.

I'd point to the overturning of CA Prop 8 as a major success of the equal protection clause, and a good example of this concept in practice. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)




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