Very well said.
What really burns me is that you don't neccessarily have to be of "religious belief", to know that homosexuality is not natural, is perverted, ect....( fill in the blank).
These homo-nazis are trying to manipulate and intimidate these kids into believing it's "because of your religion you think this way, so therefore you must be intolerant". Making them sit in a circle to be ridiculed is not only cruel, but beyond an abomination. It doesn't have to take a fundemental belief in God to know or realize that it is sick and perverted behaviour. God reinforces that belief.
These people should be took out back and "dealt" with. But first, sue the hell out of them.
Your observation about it not just being a Christian thing is a good one, too.
It's funny. When I was in school (before college) it was a nonissue. There was a rumor (which later proved to be fact) that one young man was homosexual. It was certainly an oddity, something undesirable, but no way did I feel an eruption of feelings of violence toward the person. I do think some elements of the religious right have stirred the passions of certain individuals, not outright inciting violence, but providing a climate for it to manifest itself.
What does PP have to do with homosexuality anyway since it doesn't involve reproduction except by recruiting.
"because of your religion, culture, ethnicity, economic class, political beliefs, etc. you think this way, so therefore you must be intolerant".