Yeah, this answer was all sorts of problematic. You could tell it was written by someone who has
zero understanding of the struggles that LGBT individuals often face.
1. Technically speaking, marriage wasn't what the LGBT community went after first. It started with not getting thrown in jail just for being at a gay bar. Then you had sodomy laws which had to be struck down. Fun fact. the sentence for Sodomy in Idaho was life in prison.
The modern gay rights movement has focused on marriage because
so many other rights are tied to it, Want to be able to visit your spouse in the hospital, or make important healthcare decisions for them? Marriage solves that. Want to make sure that your children are taken care of in the event one of you dies? That you don't lose them to some random anti-gay relative? Marriage takes care of that. Want to make sure your partner can inherit your house... attend your funeral, get your benefits... the list goes on and on and on. Marriage is the de facto way to get access to a very large number of rights. It's also a cause that is easy to fight for. People understand wanting to marry the person they love. People understand wanting to protect your family, it's makes a very good political cause.
and because it's an easy cause to explain to people. Everyone wants to be able to marry the person they love, it's a relatable cause that can easily gain traction.
2. The question asker is correct in that unfair laws are not the cause of the LGBT homeless problem. The root of the problem is familial rejection, motivated by religion. For more info on this, check out
The Family Acceptance Project Our religious leaders could accomplish so much by standing up and unequivocally saying this is a serious sin.
3. News media often ignore important information when it comes to issues like adoption or business discrimination. For example, in the case of the Catholic charity, they were not banned from offering adoption services because they refused to accept gay clients. What happened was they lost their government funding and rather then continue to fund themselves, they opted to shut down. This is why LDS family services is still able to refuse service to gay couples. A tax payer funded agency should be required to serve everyone equally... Mormon, Catholic, Gay... Straight... etc.