[Shayalon]

Helioprime said "OUR book?

As in WE are all supporting hate?"

Oh yeah. Boy are you ever supporting hate.

Pat Robertson, the late Jerry Fallwell, Fred Phelps, etc. Ad nauseum...

They all preach hatred of homosexuals, and don't tell me that they preach hate the sin...Gays caused 911, gays caused Katrina, gays cause the deaths of US soldiers...what kinds of reactions are these accusations supposed to create?

I have been to many gay pride parades, in Idaho, US. No buttless chaps...no naked people. And at every one of these parades there are representatives of YOUR religion, using YOUR book to promote hatred of homosexuals in the name of YOUR God.

Does that mean that I think all Christians promote hatred. No. I think that most Christians follow the teachings of Christ. Turn the other cheek, love thy neighbor, let he who is without sin cast the first stone...

Yet they also support hate. They support hate by ignoring the hatemongers. They allow Robertson, Fallwell, and Phelps to represent them, unopposed. They allow the picketers with the "God hates fags" and "AIDS kills fags dead" signs to stand unopposed at gay rallies.

Don't act like innocent bystanders here, you are just as responsible for the violence against gay people, the suicides of gay teens, etc. than are those who preach on their TV shows and hold the signs to create the atmosphere in which such violence thrives. You are responsible by your inaction.

Personally, I have to struggle every day with a feeling of hatred for Christians. I see only these representatives of your religion, because they are the loud ones, and I begin to think that they hold sway over your group. But most Christians I meet are kind people. People who do not hate, people who accept and love as Christ instructed. But do nothing to prevent the hatred being preached in their name. So my hatred fades to contempt...and occasional understanding...until I turn the TV back on...