I will agree with you that homosexuals are often treated worse than people who commit other sins, but have you ever asked yourself why? I will give you a couple of reason I believe this happens. In the last 20 years (your whole life time) homosexuals have decided to "come out of the closet" so to speak. What they mean by that is that they will no longer hide their sin. Okay, as much as I hate the sin (all sin) I do understand that people who are un-saved will continue to commit them. However, what I don't understand is the fact that it is not just 'not hiding' their sin that they want, they want to flaunt it in everyone's face.

Here is an example that happened in the town where I live. There as a male teacher who decided that he was going to 'come out' and he did so in front of the students he was teaching. Many area pastors, parents, etc... were very upset and lobbied to get him fired. People on the other side said that they were being in tolerant and should show more Christian love. Even some Christians claim this. Here is my stand, I think he should have been fired. But allow me to explain. If a teacher came to his or her class and announced that they were a chronic liar, or an adulterer, or a child molester, or addicted to pornography and that they were coming out because they were not ashamed of it, then I think they should be fired also.

We would not put up with a heterosexual teacher bringing their sexual life into the classroom, so why should we put up with a homosexual teacher doing so? I will agree with you there is a double standard, but not as you seem to think there is. If you dare to speak out against the sin of homosexuality you are labeled as intolerant. Yet they can bash Christians all you want and no one cares.

Here is another point. You said you did not know anyone who wanted to be homosexual and therefore you do not think they have a choice. If that is true then why do they publicly announce that they are on a recruiting campaign? What does a recruiting campaign have to do with something no one chooses in the first place? Their own rhetoric shows there is more to this then a poor soul who can't help themselves.