Maybe I am mistaken in interpreting the earlier post as hate. My apologies if so. It helps to remember we are talking about real people who deserve compassion (regardless of whether you or I are right). So when I see posts that take a mocking tone, such as figured out exciting new uses for their pee pees (post 21), I don't appreciate it, even if it wasn't intended as hate. However, I see words like "fag" and "gerbiling" too often hereabouts.
I once saw a sermon by Joe Dallas, a well-known ex-gay minister, and he told his audience (a local megachurch congregation) that we should be welcoming and caring to homosexuals. (He said that we should still teach that it's sinful, that the Church shouldn't change its teachings, but he said that gay people aren't going to hear the Gospel if they are not welcome in our churches, or if they encounter hateful language there.) Now I do not agree with Rev. Dallas that homosexuality is always wrong, I believe it is moral in the context of committed, caring monogamous relationships. But I have deep respect for him and his position; I hope everyone can approach this issue with his sensitivity regardless of their beliefs.
By the way, there is such a thing as "gay and conservative". (Check out gaypatriot.org, for example.)
Butt pirates give me the creeps.....