What is all of this hatred getting any of you? I am not a supporter of homosexual behavior, but i am a supporter of homosexuals. I love people, humanity, not because of their sexual orientation. I do not want to be forced to look at a homosexual individual as a group but as a human being grappling with something. (i know it is not packaged this way exactly, but it is no less a struggle, no matter which way you are looking at it) _ I realize the easiest way at times is not to fight any struggles that any of us have. We don't want to fight gluttony, hedonism,lust of the flesh lust of the eyes, why? because that is what our flesh likes and it's easier to let it happen, at least in the moment. If you don't subscribe to G-d as your creator and Christ as your redeemer, you don't have the reason to view promiscuity, homosexuality, or animal or other perverse types of sex as something to fight against, ....or do you? How much of this destroys each of us? Is it right because it's in the Bible, or in the Bible because it's right? Even if you don't believe in G-d. All people struggle with lusts it's all over the news all the time and how indulging in them doesn't lead to satisfaction but an insatiable appetite for more more more until we are Fat, sick, drunk, high, lost our famiies, lost our jobs, lost our communities, lost self control. I believe the best way to test our life's direction is to really look at the end..what do you want your epithat to say? I was a righteous fighter for homosexual rights, or I was a righteous fighter for homosexual lives? Incidentally, it seems a growing and untrue sentiment propogated by the media that evangelical Christians are the haters toward homosexual people. In my life, I have only witnessed love poured out, grace extended to my homosexual brothers and sisters, not because the sexual choice is approved or disapproved, but because they are sons and daughters and brothers and sisters and friends - people. I personally know and many I don't that have championed the broken and hurting, dying with aids, drug abuse, and loneliness I have also witnessed them lovingly told that practicing that life is a sin and leads to self destruction, not because of hate, but love. NO one has been called to HATE the people they may disagree with. NO one has cast anyone off the Island! Yes you are right, the folks in the Bible Belt, and well beyond are all sinners, of all different types, all guilty and they will probably be the first to tell you so....that is why we ALL need a savior. But if we sometimes fall short of the standards, do we change them? Imagine what would happen if we did this for education or law....Gosh everyone is murdering so lets make it legal? Doesn't work my friends , doesn't work. It also doesn't mean, that love doesn't abound, and grace and Mercy. Each person has to work it out in their own individual life, as they are able. Im sorry if my thoughts are all over here, but I wanted to share something... mainly, that i love each person out there, and it hurts so much to here such profanity spewed toward good people that are standing up for what they believe is right...that right belongs to each of us individuals on all sides of the issues so as it is debated and voted on, can we be civil and respectful and responsible for our own hateful comments? Opinion is not hate, but spewing at the people with the opinion is.