We don't get our rights because we're gays, or women, or minorities. We get our rights from our Creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way. Ron Paul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG_HuFtP8w8
As much as I disagree with the source of rights, I do agree that every individual has rights, so every individual should be treated the same way under the law. And that is the important part, I think, in Paul's quote.