I disagree and here is why.

If we come out, all of our problems don’t just go away. Gay people as a community are hurting really badly. The problem is engrained deep in our persons, it stems from repeated rejection and feelings of not being good enough. Drug use, unsafe sex, promiscuity, self injury, suicide, depression, and low self image are higher in gays than straights. This is NOT a myth.  
Before we all decide to rush for our civil liberties (which we do rightly deserve), and try a mass coming out, let's first stop making a joke of ourselves. Let's be moral people. Let's value something. We have a lot of healing to do.  
Us in the GLBTQPA community put a lot of pressure on others within our community, it isn't just [i]those dang breeders holdin' us down![/i] Urging others to come out before they are fully ready, or if they don't want to at all will only add to our hurt. There's nothing worse than for a questioning person to be forced, prodded, or pressured out of the closet, which is basically what this article is asking for. Some one might not be sure they even are gay. Why smack a label on yourself that might be untrue and might be hard to take off? There’s nothing wrong with being unsure. It takes a stronger person to admit when they don’t know the answer to something.  
What if they had to sacrifice their family to be who they are? And to which you would respond, "well, if their family can't accept them that's their family's issue!" Wrong. It is a two way street. Whoever came out had a choice to do so, and probably knew what the family's reaction would be. In most cases you know where your parents stand. Of course, don't get me wrong. Your parents would be terrible people for kicking out their own flesh and blood. You personally do make a choice, though. However unfair the choice may be, it is still in your hands. You can not shrug responsibility. If you know how your parents will react and you come out anyways, you did have a part in the fall out. Is this fair? Not one bit. 
I have nothing but sympathy for those that are abandoned/disowned by their families. I do not think less of them for choosing to come out. It is a really hard choice, if you know that: A) You are GLBTQPA & B) Your parents will not approve.  
Either way, whether you stay in the closet or come out it's a damn hard choice. So why do we only glorify one out come? Aren’t the people that choose not to be open going through the exact same things? (They may have even WORSE circumstances, as they felt they would not be safe/comfortable if they were honest.) 
Do not glorify those that come out. Do not treat those in the closet as lower. We’re all in this.  
You would think, having been judged so harshly by many in society, that we would judge others with a steady, hesitant mind, and understand with all of our hearts. But we judge just as badly as anyone.  
It is part of our healing to let go of hate. Stop hating Christians, for not all are bigoted right wing nuts that intend to damn all homos to hell. Stop hating those not yet out of the closet or not planning to come out for being weak, for they are a stranger to you and of their courage you know nothing. And most importantly, stop hating yourselves. Stop trying so hard to be what a “gay person” is supposed to be. Stop selling out your bodies and minds to other’s beliefs. Start questioning everything you can. People think after they are open about their orientation (whether it is to themselves or others) that they have reached some sort of conclusion and they don’t have to think any more. They can just turn off their minds and drift along in a cocoon of stereotypes and protection. It’s hard to be gay. I know. But in the process of being gay, let’s not give up what it means to be a decent person, for, if we do that, we have degraded ourselves and our self destruction will be complete.  
Asking everyone to come out is asking a lot. But then, asking everyone to try and understand other people before they jump to conclusions is asking even more.  

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