Because the MEC regime wants to be sure of the support of this particular voting bloc . . .

. . . it will grandstand on the world stage, via the State Department's singling out of gay, lesbian, bisexual (I've always wondered how a person could determine he or she was in this category without having multiple intimate relationships, either simultaneously or serially, to see if her or she liked them equally) or "transgendered" (Notice how rapidly this awkward, recently-fabricated term has made it into the mainstream of our lexicon, and created a whole demographic out of people who "just feel like they are the other gender") as a beleagured minority whose treatment it will police the world wide. As the linked article points out, shall we anticipate that it will be so vigorous in pursuing respectful treatment of Coptic Christians and Jews?