I'm so sick of the religious extremists screaming about Sodom and Gomorrah; that parable is talking about rape being the crime, not specifically gay sex. You all need to re-read the Bible. THOROUGHLY. ning-ning, to answer your question *objectively*, I would say that because the U.S. still has a number of religiously-conservative (that's putting it nicely) abd other conservatives in power (or with lots of money, aka power), many people in general (all kinds) are understanding that gays are just as humnan and normal as everyone else. It's no stranger than being left-handed or having green eyes instead of brown. But some (conservative) people aren't ready to allow/support gay marriage because they let their religious views cloud their judgment. They also believe they have the right to tell others how to live their lives...pretty sad, isn't it? It's slowly changing for the better, as is the world in general.

Well, we can see what religious people are like. Intolerant of everything their petty, little mind can't understand. Why is it so bad to be gay? You guys, desperado and haji, talk about gays and lesbians as if they're animals. Perhaps you should try to meet other people, desperado and haji, then you'll know that you're just xenophobic. My uncle is gay and he's really nice and in no way like any of the things religious people say. It's funny to hear people like desperado and haji call for respect for their religion while at the same time bashing other people for their sexual orientation. The hypocrisy among religious people really knows no boundaries.

It is very bad. God created man and woman and he did not want that man was with man and woman with woman. So this people who have such inclinations, must struggle and refuse of being gay. There are other ways. It is not right when people said that if you are gay you must put up with it and live as gays live. It is satan's suggestion. People do not know that behind this stay devil. And they think it is good. USA and other countries protect their right and thereby they encourage it.

GOD IS LOVE. PERIOD.

I ageee with Maidhc, as if there aren't any gay people in the countries where extremists are still executing people for 'vioaltions' of their moral codes.