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Quote by: sdbest  Given the teachings of Jesus and the notion of an all-loving God, I cannot understand how a person who claimed to serve Jesus could express hatred toward anyone. |
The bible was written by homophobes who painted sodomy as a sin. There probably were some really sick depraved people back in the day who'd rape other men for fun (happens all the time in prison).
In our more enlightened time, we've realized homosexuals aren't deviants. They're not rapists or child molesters.
However, the Christian right, eager since the late 70's to be in bed with the republicans, has used the issues of gays to various times to galvinize their voting base. We saw this happen dramatically in the last few elections.
The christian right plays on innate homophobia, stokes it with idiotic allegations of what gays are "responsible for", and justifies it with a holier-than-thou retardation of "love the sinner / hate the sin"... the idea being it's okay to hate homosexuals so long as you're willing to love them the moment they stop being homosexuals.
I can sorta get behind that logic: right wing Christians of this nature are @$$holz until they stop being Christians.