If there is a lesson from this thread, it is that LGBTP are a massive weakness and point of attack for the U.S. conservative movement.
Within the set of Americans who call themselves Conservatives, there is strife on the topic and no hint of an emerging consensus. Few seem happy with the LGBTP actors or positions, but Conservatism Inc does its best to browbeat the rest into grudging tolerance, lest Google take away their add revenue and soccer moms take away their elected representatives.
Within the set of Americans who could conceivably vote for a Conservative candidate (such as me), LGBTP is a liability on two fronts. Voters estranged from the Democrat party by leftist insanity and incompetence run up against Christian morals and balk; even when they are watching leftists drive their country off a cliff, non-relativist morals remain terribly alien. Perhaps worse, they know they will face harassment and shunning by friends and family if they get caught out on the topic -- speak the wrong word, endorse the wrong candidate, and it's a thing.
From the other side of the potential voter angle, decades of failure against LGBTP movements and the enforcement of LGBTP privileges, has robbed Conservatism of credibility. If they can't conserve sexual morality, what can they conserve? Overtly devout Christians are by far the largest constituency within the Conservative umbrella... but they are told to sit down and shut up so Conservative candidates can woo moral relativists and sodomites at the polls. With friends like Conservatism Inc, who needs enemies?
Speaking of those enemies, Democrats and leftists in general have made a lot of gains over the years through the LGBTP agenda. It has been a highly effective tool to drag conversation away from things like 'responsible spending' and 'small government' in favor of Doing The Right Thing and Being On The Right Side Of History. They know how much they have won, and will never stop attacking their enemies for being 'homophobic'. Doesn't really matter what Conservatives do, the leftist media will blast them for being 'hateful' and 'backwards', and a lot of people listen to that shit. There is some modest risk of Hispanic voters balking, but they send their kids to public schools run by leftist ideologues, so that won't last for long.