That goddamn "we must PRAY LOVINGLY for these filthy perverts" attitude spewed in that Catholic forum is exactly what gets gays tortured to death by the loudest religious fanatics. The one thing in common with all gay bashers is that they blindly swallow that faux-christian "love the sinner, hate the sin" -- and magically skipped a verse to go straight to hating the sinner 'cause Father McFeely or Reverend Fartwell said so.

I try to counter every time I hear a niece or nephew use "gay" as a perjorative, or the tackle football game called "Smear the Queer"...but there's only so much you can do against the forces of tax-free hatred packaged as love.