The Baha'i Faith

[zanOTK]

Zan, you didn't respond to my point.

My apologies.

I googled it and read up. Although less harmful than some religions , it still ostracises gay people in practice so that kind of negates it's aim of celebrating diversity of humans. And you have still got a God in there.

I'm going to work backward here.
It makes little sense to hold the fact that we believe in God against us, especially since we're not trying to push that belief on anyone else. Those that are unable to believe in a God, well, they usually just don't become Baha'i.
The Baha'i stance on homosexuality is something that causes a problem for many people. It did for me at one point, since I am bisexual. But I eventually accepted it. As a bisexual man, I don't feel ostracized. A homosexual man in our community doesn't appear to feel ostracized either (I believe he is actually on the Local Spiritual Assembly). Neither does a young lesbian girl that just recently joined us. You see, when somebody becomes Baha'i they make the choice that this is more important, and they know that they will have to make hard decisions because of their conversion. It's worth it though.
Again, though, this is one of those things that if it is a huge problem for someone, they probably just won't become Baha'i. And that's just fine.