What is it with gays and religion?

[Brian37]

Iggy, what makes you think gay people abandon their religion when they find out they're gay? All of my irl gay friends are Christians

Not sure that is what they were thinking by asking the question. 

I'd argue that most humans, liberal and conservative are still ultimately not comfortable with the idea of being finite, including your gay Christian friends. So while the bigoted conservatives use one verse to justify condemnation, your gay Christian friends pick up the same book to justify compassion and inclusion.

I would argue though, again, just like my last post, the further back in time you go, the bigger majority were the conservative right and even 100 yrs ago most of society in both parties did not find it acceptable.

Humans have learned to re interpret or simply ignore the nasty things justified in it. And even outside an increase of liberal acceptance that is backed up by the medical and psychiatric community and has done so for almost 40 years. We know more now about human biology.

But to be fair, in most parts of the world LGBT is not widely accepted. It isn't in Saudi Arabia or Iran, but also not in Russia or China for that matter. Japan last year just got around to having it's first city to allow same sex unions.

I think it is all bullshit no matter the nation. I think it is sick to deny a fellow human the opportunity to love whom they love.