I think that if you accept him as he is then the best thing to do would be to drop some hints that you are okay with the gay. He may not be comfortable telling you yet, or he may not be comfortable telling ANYONE yet. Calmly let it be known that it wouldn't be a big deal if one of your kids were gay, say by mentioning one of the many news items recently involving gay teens and the prom.
There is a story here.. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/03/gay-georgia-teens-parents-kick-him-out-after-prom-story-breaks.html that could be a way to mention it. I wouldn't suggest just telling him you know. You could be wrong, or he could not be ready to take that step.
I hid a lot of things from my parents when I was younger. To some extent, I still do. It's not that he doesn't trust you, it's that he's not ready for you to open the discussion on the matter.
There's things you don't rush, and that is one of them. He'll tell you, or otherwise let you know, if and when he's ready, and he'll certainly never appreciate you bringing the matter up before he's ready. From personal experience, I can assure you that I still have resist patricidal urges at family gatherings.
He's convinced that because one of the people I hung around with was arrested for possession when I was in highschool that I'm on drugs. I wasn't the one arrested, I wasn't even there when the arrest was made. But, thanks to that giant assumption, I can't go to a family gathering without my "drug abuse" coming up at some point or another, because he told everyone in the family the moment I told him.
If he isn't telling you, chances are he's not ready for it to become public knowledge. Not all people that will hear it are as supportive as you and your wife are. For the time being, even if you have unimpeachable evidence, wait until he's ready to discuss it with you.
D.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.