While flipping through stations on the radio in the car, I came across some preacher on a talk show ranting about how he wasn't a homophobe, he just thought that way of life "was fundamentally wrong". He bemoaned about being called a bigot and prejudiced. He acted as though he were the victim in the situation, all the while condemning gays and lesbians as just having a wrong lifestyle. He repeatedly used the phrase "love the sinner but hate the sin". I hate creeps like this.

If you think someone's lifestyle is fundamentally wrong simply because they're gay, then you are homophobic. You are a bigot. You are spreading and fomenting hate on another group just because of the way they are. The whole "love the sinner hate the sin" viewpoint is basically condemning another group. It's hateful, spiteful, and homophobic. You don't have to recoil from gays or lesbians in a Casper the Ghost kind of fear to be homophobic. You just have to view and preach that someone's lifestyle is wrong.

Maybe I should just stop listening to conservative talk radio when I find it, even though it amuses me greatly to know end that people actually believe what they're saying.