The "it's a sin/you'll go to hell" argument is, in my experience, a phrase put into the mouths of pro-lifers by their detractors, mostly just to make them appear simple, dismissable.
Indeed.
Alterman also credited organized and well-financed conservative organizations that mobilize the media when they feel their message is not being heard.
"Every time [conservatives] read anything they don't like, they are on the case of the media, they are working the reps, and they are saying, 'How dare you say that all homosexuals aren't going to hell?'"