You said earlier, "most of us are not grossed out by gay people nor do we think they are perverts."
That's fine. Many, many people--maybe a majority--are very happy to let gay people live their lives in absolute peace. Buy homes, have jobs, travel, do whatever. Live their American dream. But there is a big difference between tolerance, acceptance, and celebration and a very lot of us knew that it wasn't tolerance you DEMANDED, nor even acceptance, but celebration.
And no.
I'm going to guarantee you do not CELEBRATE nor, probably, even accept my evangelical Christian beliefs or lifestyle. Nor do you have to, nor do I expect you to. I do expect to live my life in peace. I do expect to be tolerated, in peace. That is exactly what YOU should expect from us regarding homosexuality, without calling us bigots, haters or other vile names.
Otherwise, THIS Christian does not cower, and will use the very same names on you for not CELEBRATING my evangelical Christian beliefs. You do not accept that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, you find that wrong or offensive? Well you're a bigoted hater.
There's your little green apples for today
Well, SweetSue, you would be wrong. Until about 6.5 years ago I was Mr Evangelical Christian, one could not have been more involved with their church(s) than I was without being a paid employee. and some of them were not even.
For more than 3 decades I was a practicing evangelical Christian, I was the lay leader of my Boot camp platoon, I was awarded the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal by the Air Force for my work with the Chapels on Kadena AFB, I was the leader of a club called AWANA in Japan and two states, my wife and I stared the children's church at our last church where I was the outreach director and she was over the hospitality committee. My whole extended family on both sides are evangelicals, I am still friends with a few from my old church, but most shunned us when we left, they did not take it well.
My views on religion have changed since those days, I do not like what the Church in America has become, so I am no longer a part of it.
And you are wrong about me and Jesus as well, but then again I suspect you have a broken view of Jesus also.