Secretary of LGBT Affairs?

Here's something interesting. I just read that Equal Rep, the LGBT rights group that was advocating for Mary Beth Maxwell to be named Secretary of Labor and Fred Hochberg to be named Secretary of Commerce, is now calling for President Obama to create a new Cabinet position, a Secretary of LGBT Affairs.

I'm not really sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, the intentions are clearly good and they're right to point out in their press release that:

“We are a minority group that has outright discriminatory laws against us. We can’t marry in 48 states, if we join the military we are required to lie or hide our sexual orientation lest we be discharged, and we are denied all federal recognition that we even exist just to name a few laws."

On the other hand, though, creating a new cabinet position (not to mention the department that would come along with it) for one segment of the population seems a bit over the top. I'd much sooner see a Secretary of Minority Affairs, dealing with issues relating to all minority groups. This would avoid angering other groups of minority citizens who'd be well within their rights to demand equal Cabinet representation.

Still, it's an interesting idea and you can follow the link to Equal Rep to join in the call for an LGBT Cabinet position if you'd like.