My original response wasn't about "religious" people; it was about Christians. Christians are people who accept Jesus Christ as Savior. That means, people who confess that they are sinners, repent (turn away) from their sins, and accept that Jesus exchanged His blood for their punishment; they believe that Jesus was killed, was three days in death's grave, and then was resurrected (rose alive again); and He nows lives eternally in Heaven. The believers love and obey Jesus, and follow His ways. Obedience to Jesus and love of the brethren (other Christians) is proof of their love for Him.
"Straight" Christians should not hate "gay" Christians. If a gay person truly becomes a born-again Christian, that means the gay person has confessed his/her sin of homosexuality, and repents of it (turns away from it). The straight Christians should support and pray for gay Christians in their struggle to have victory over that sin, the same way all Christians should support each other to overcome whatever sin. But Christians cannot ignore or support continuous public sinning by other Christians. That doesn't help anyone.
Before anyone gets fired up, just remember that I didn't introduce the "gay" controversery into this thread. Personally, I wish we could discuss a topic, any topic, without always bringing people's sexuality into it. It is getting tiresome.
