Civil Rights Issues in the Present Day

http://www.npr.org/2014/02/25/282589177/amid-controversy-right-to-refuse-bill-hits-governors-desk

We've been learning in class about the Civil Rights revolution, and the small movements that eventually turned into big ones.  I think a parallel to this is the present day issue of LGBT rights.  The link I posted above is about a recent bill in Arizona that has now reached Governor Jan Brewer's desk, that would allow business owners to refuse service to gays and lesbians based on the business owner's religious beliefs.  To me, this seems frighteningly similar to the African American civil rights issues of the 1950s and 1960s.  

The original Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case essentially established segregation permitting it was "separate but equal."  This was eventually reversed in the Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas (1954) which stated that segregation in public schools was "inherently unequal" and thus unconstitutional.  Though border states complied with desegregation, many states in the Deep South did not.  By 1964, less than 2% of eligible blacks in Deep South were in schools with whites.  In 1957, when the governor of Arkansas used the National Guard to prevent nine black students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, Eisenhower momentously decided to side with integration.  He sent troops down to make sure the African American children were able to get to class.  The civil rights movement didn't just happen in schools; it also happened from the bus boycotts, sit ins, and Freedom Riders.  There has definitely been backlash to the proposed bill in Arizona.  It shows there are still issues today regarding the rights of Americans.  Feel free to elaborate in the comments.