I think protecting our identity is important too. I agree legal protections are important, but I personally don't think I could join a religion just to secure those protections... That's what the other side does. It's playing dirty and using the system to get your way. We shouldn't have to use the system to get our way because we are in the right. We should win because we are right, but I also recognize those battles last far longer :/
In a perfect World I would agree 100 %, I actually agree, in theory, however peoples lives are at stake, and one must act accordingly, I make my decisions based on the good that will benefit those at risk, my personal feelings need be secondary in actual priority in a decision tree.