That such irrational hate still survives and cannot be extinguished is unfathomable. What kind of failure is this fool that he has to try and denigrate someone ill on the sidewalk? Also, it speaks to the horrible violence of Christianity as a solution historically. There is more blood on the hands of Christians than any other religion. They have the arrogance to define goodness and worthiness in others by their own standards.

Tragic.

That's Christian compassion on display. I'm sure Christ is proud of his follower.

They are not true followers of Christ. Jesus never hated anyone, and since He is the Son of God, then God also doesn't hate anyone either. It's like the big oil companies hiding behing the oil producing companies and making excuses, saying they are not at fault for the gas prices, yet they rake in record profits. The haters hide behind the Bible to justify their hate, and hate groups rake in record donations.

I meant "oil producing countries."

1900+ years of history confirm this individual is as true a christian as there is.

There is a significant difference between those who call themselves christians and being Christ-like.

I cannot recall ever meeting a Christ-like christian but I have known many Christ-like Pagans....go figure.

What a weird story.

I can't believe haters like that still exist!

Believe it Alex, your life may literally depend on believing it at some point.

Me?....I long for the pre-Bush days when bigots were still ashamed to show their bigotry.

Yes, as Cathryn indicates, haters like that exist. I've seen plenty. There's nothing particularly Christian about them, that's just how they justify their hatred. They call themselves Christians, but they are really rednecks.

The mainstream media should most definitely report on this story.

I have no doubt that such displays of hate would make some of those supporting the amendment on religious grounds take a second look at what side they're taking and with whom they share a faith and opinion.

A suggestion:

If you've got the motivation, circulate that photo, post links on other blogs, etc. and try to find someone who recognizes him. If you can match a name to the face, and you can verify the identification, immortalize him with another post and thereby permanently tag the asshole with his hate speech on Google.

The problem is they don't have any imaginary issues to chase after any more.

Once it was horror comic books and movies. Then it was the evils of Dungeons and Dragons. After that there were 'satanic-panic' child-sacrifice conspiracies everywhere (and this one is really horrible because without a shred of real evidence, just carefully coached chidrens testimony a lot of innocent people were imprisoned!).

Nope the phantoms have all faded and they have lost the evolution fights again and again. Plenty of other christian groups have managed to reconcile faith and science but fundamentalism can't do that. Even the Intelligent Design conspiracy was busted wide open with the wedge document and has become an utter farce.

They have realised that they are really under threat. Lots of other religions are growing, atheists are speaking out, all their special privileges are being eroded as other people gain shreds of equality.

So they are panicked and desperate. The cash-cow of millenial christianity loaded with privilege and discrimination is in dire threat. This has been their great push to roll back the advances of civil rights, tolerance, equality etc.

To them their world is coming to an end and they have started to realise how close that is.

Christianity can easilly survive these social changes. But fundamentalism can't.

What these protesters are doing in California has absolutely nothing to do with religion.

They are simply venting hatred because they are consumed by it. If they weren't hating LGBT persons, they would find another "them" to hate.

By hating others, it gives tham a sense of control and allows them to feel superior. After all, God hates gays, and so they do, too. They are helping God.

I don't think so.

I believe that God created each of us to be exactly who we are - some gay, some straight; sone cisgender, some transgender - for HIS purpose. When we aren't allowed to be who we are we are going against God's plan for us.

Hatred is not a part of that plan. If we are truly spiritual persons, by the very definition of spirituality, we are also loving persons. The protesters know nothing about spirituality.

It is the perversion of Christianity that preaches hatred rather than the true message of Christ who taught about loving one another.

Just as a blanket condemnation of Islam is not correct for the actions of some extremists, so too is a blanket condemnation of Christianity wrong for the same reason.

There are some in our community who are very spiritual persons, and those people and their beliefs aren't the problem. It's the radical extremists who misuse their faiths for power
and control who are the bad guys here.

As I begin to write this Obama is on CNN talking about being a Christian again.

Pick up a copy of "Misquoting Jesus, The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why" written by Dr. Bart D. Ehman, chair of the Department of Religion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The bible is a royal political manifesto. I was a church lector, I went on Trappist retreats, I struggled and came through to the other side with the belief that the act of being kind to one's fellow human makes me a happier person. If there is a God at the end of the time when electricity ceases to crackle through my brain I am ready to justify my life and actions. If there is no God I have lived a happy and full life and encourage all others to do so.

Believe or not, but know the History of the institution you worship.