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I'm not an Evangelical by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like a good time to mention that the "God Hates Fags" group are way over at the extreme end of the spectrum as far as American Protestantism goes. My Dad is a highly political, conservative born again Christian, and he completely reviles those hate-mongers. (Even the likes of James Dobson, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, names I type with some distaste, distance themselves from these nuts.) The Christian Right pretty consistently states that they love their gay neighbors and family members, but hate the behavior. That's nice of them and all, though I wish they weren't so hot to amend the Constitution. But that's another topic, and not one I can add anything particularly illuminating to.
Dad and I have had long heated debates about the gay topic. The last time we discussed it, I asked him if he thought that the church as a whole was perhaps investing too much energy on that one issue, at the expense of other things like human suffering. He thought for a moment and then said, "You know, I think you're right." It was an interesting AHA moment for him.
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