Lightbrite, America is galut. If you cannot live in Israel you should be sad.
Iacisrmma, a ger/giuret has the mitzva of kibbud av v’em for two reasons:
1. It would be a chillul Hashem not to owner them.
2. There is a mitzva to show gratitude for bringing one into the world.
As for putting themselves into a situation where they would have to do a relatively light violation, as I previously posted, why not ask why someone should be a doctor, nurse, paramedic, police officer, etc.?