Set Me Straight

I received some very direct and straightforward communication from a friend I hold in very high regard, concerning my previous post, "Don't forget the Circus Little People".
This friend shared their view on the overall subject of sexual orientation. That individual was completely respectful to me but let me know on straightforward terms how they felt about the blog in question. For clarification, in the post "Don't forget the Circus Little People", I was expressing my disdain for the people who are leading our government who consistently and continually spend their time and our money focussing on things that are not critical to all Americans. I don't ever want to be disrespectful or hurtful to anyone (and I'm sincere on this). I've actually changed my view substantially on the subject of sexual orientation over the last few years. I don't have a problem with individuals who are gay or for that matter, with the gay community as a whole. The thing I have a huge issue with (I hope we all do), is the fact that the leaders of our government too often focus on things that affect relatively small groups of folks or special interest groups. Here's a list of things that affect all Americans, regardless of color, height, sexual orientation, age, gender, political affiliation, fiscal views and so on:

-The 2 wars we're fighting
-The economy
-The +14 trillion dollar debt that's growing daily
-The fact that our government is "broke" and continues spending dramatically more than they're takin in
-The border problem between America and Mexico (not to mention the drug problem)
-Rampent inflation (check the prices on stuff you buy all the time at your favorite stores and compare them to what you paid 2 years ago)
-Our lackluster educational system, and the list goes on and on

I really don't want to spend any of my time writing about this stuff (I'd rather write about 'The Rolla Boys' or make fun of celebrities) and you don't want to spend your time reading it. The one thing I bet all of us agree on is, the boys and girls on the hill need to fix the huge things that affect us all, before they spend their time and our money on things that primarily affect individual groups.
For the record, I don't feel even the Boy Scouts deserve any special considerations until our elected Goobers can at least figure out how to not spend more money than they take in.