"As far as I can tell, political figures are falling over themselves to endorse your side of the case," Roberts told a lawyer challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. But the reality is different when viewed from a broader perspective, argues Brian Moulton of the Human Rights Campaign. "[I]n 30 states, LGBT people have been unsuccessful in stopping their legislators and their neighbors from voting their families out of those state constitutions," he said. About 575 of some 500,000 elected officials in the U.S. are openly LGBT, according to the Victory Fund.
