I would like to challenge Akenaton's assumption that homosexuals are "bent on coercing society into accepting a lifestyle which a large majority find abhorrent".

That does not appear to be true in either part - the 'coercing' or the 'majority finds abhorrent'. I've just done some searching and found this: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:X_OaHUbl-dMJ:www.legermarketing.com/documents/SPCLM/010716ENG.pdf+attitudes+toward+homosexu, among others.

The conclusions here are that, overall, about 75% of the total Canadian population thinks that homosexuals are just like anybody else and should have the same rights as anybody else, including rights to marriage and adoption. Younger and working people are more likely to believe this. Older non-working males are least likely to think this way, along with people whose mother tongue is neither French nor English.

This is Canada; I think Akenaton is an American? However, can the reality be that different in the US?

Ake, you say you yourself are not anti-homosexual, but the Canadian stats suggest you may be living or working in an area which is not representative of 'the majority' at all.