I am truly in shock at the hatred and bigotted attitude on far too many of these posts. I do not understand why Religious orginizations have such hatred for gays, why they fear gays getting equal rights and protection of assets under our laws? Can someone please explain to me, beyond your own agenda of just wantng people to have to live by your "RULE" and your "Beliefs", is there any other reason why you have so much hate and fight so hard against this? Please do not tell me about the bible or what God says, it is not for you to judge, that is God's job and he says so many times over in scripture. Further God knows that there are those that will believe in him, and there are those that won't...he has accepted this fact and still loves all his children. So who exactly are you fighting for? I really want to understand? I am a Christian, but after years in the church, and my own understanding of the bible, I walked away from Religious organizations and have never looked back.

Actually, the hatred astonishes a lot of us who are Christian and not gay, too.  We have a hard time seeing how our faith can be so perverted as so support discrimination, bigotry and hatred. 

There was a op/ed in the paper today written by a Jewish man expressing dismay at the way a kosher packing plant was run.  Although the food was prepared in a kosher manner, the deeper points of Jewish law, about being honest and treating others well were ignored at the plant.

I think there are a lot of Christians who make the same mistake, who think external adherence to dogma justifies ignoring the great commandments, to love God above all, and one's neighbor as oneself.

The fear of that which they do not understand and also is beyond their control is most of the root cause.  It led to crusades, inquisitions and the wholesale slaughter of pagans, all in the name of their God.
We must remember that in the Old Testament, there was an awful lot of hatred, genocide, and other such wonders condoned by the God in question.  Christ attempted to change the power structure from the church to the people.  Constantine ensured that would never happen, Martin Luther attempted to turn the church into an instrument for the people.  Again the need for power and control led to hatred and murder. 
Bigots and haters are not born, they are raised.  If you cannot conceive of how someone would want to not be like you, despite the fear of eternal damnation, you will fear and hate them.
As the Christian concept of heaven and hell do not exist for many of us, we don't fear the Christians, just what they do when they have the power to do it.  I see the fear and hatred in their eyes when I wear my pentacle out, have satanist hissed at me, been physically threatened by good Christians.  I guess they wanted to beat some God into me.  I had a group of Pentecosts corner me while visiting my gram, all about how I was going to burn etc, when I asked them which one of them it was who sat at the right hand of God that they had the right to judge me, they slunk away.  I taught Sunday school, don't quote scripture unless you actually know what it means, not what you misguiding light in the pulpit told you it meant.
I've blathered enough.

Newspeak..

It's double plus ungood! :(