People hide their bigoted views behind religion all of the time. Did Christ ever say that homosexuality is wrong?
Jesus' teachings are not the sole content of the Bible. My guess is that, unlike other issues, homosexuality was probably repressed enough it never came up as a topic to teach on. Besides, Jesus was about asking for and receiving forgiveness - how we react to sin, not a change it what is considered sinful. We forgive the sin (if it is repented) and love the sinner. At no time did He try to redefine what was sinful, nor did He say we are to simply accept sin as "normal". Quite the opposite, in fact:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven.*
Matt 5:17-19
Seems to be a pretty strong support of the Mosaic laws, which include the prohibition against homosexuality.
Try not to get so emotional. Homosexuality isn't wrong, any more than being black is wrong, or being Jewish, or having a stutter. I don't respect beliefs that enable discrimination & harassment.
And the continual use of the label "bigot" is not used emotionally? LOL Your hypocrisy is showing again.
Sorry, but your analogies and parallels do not work. Being black is not an ACT. Engaging in homosexual sex is an act. Having a stutter is a medical condition, which most people use all kinds of medical and psycho-physical treatments to overcome. (Are you saying homosexuality is a medical condition that needs to be overcome? ... I didn't think so.)
Engaging in homosexuality is an ACT. We can, and do CHOOSE to act, or choose NOT to act. And while some will claim "they were born that way" or other excuses, it still does not change the fact that engaging in homosexuality is a choice of action. They may not have control over which gender they find attractive, but they DO have the ability to control how they react to it. Calling homosexuality wrong is no more bigotry than is calling sexual or marital infidelity "bigotry". Mankind is, biologically, polygamous. Yet we have no reservation in expecting men and women to remain monogamous in a relationship, and even have laws (mostly based on Biblical teachings) which civilly (at one time criminally) punishes those who choose to engage in infidelity. Yet, people who "stray", as it is sometimes called, are simply doing what they were born to do, if we listen to those who excuse homosexual behavior under the "born that way" excuse.
Mankind has all KINDS of instincts and behaviors left over from when we were little more than tree-swinging savages. Society, in general, finds nothing wrong with expecting people to NOT engage in basic, animalistic behavior. Sexuality has its morés. Rape is a crime punishable by prison terms to protect society from those who do not wish to control their aggression and need to control. Infidelity is also punished, and even today when commercials showing women in breast and buttock enhancing underwear is normal prime-time television, an excess of promiscuity is still frowned upon. The same holds true for pretty much every other aspect of social behavior: we are expected to control our basic animal urges in order to exist peacefully in society.
If you do not believe that homosexual behavior is wrong, that is YOUR belief. (as in your political philosophy and those who share it, not you personally. Same for the other uses of "you" in this dialogue.) Others do NOT share your belief - by quite a large majority world wide, and even a large plurality if not majority in the U.S. And, of course, it would bee totally PIC to mention that scientifically homosexuality is, by definition, abnormal, since NORMAL sexual behavior is for the purpose of reproduction. (why is it you liberals always decry that conservatives ignore science, yet invariably ignore or deny science when it does not support your delusions of reality? Another little piece of hypocrisy practiced on a regular basis while hanging the tag on others for daring to not believe as you do.)
Your expectation that people should put aside their religious beliefs, or at best STFU about them; that religious people should and can be forced to "be careful where and when they talk" - and then claim to be justified in using governmental authority to punish those who do not conform to your beliefs, is nothing short of egocentrism coupled with the modern progressive tendency toward tyranny.
You fucking well should be.