Congratulations for being a horrible human being.
Just because you're not TRYING to wreck people's lives with that stupid-ass bigoted nonsense doesn't mean you aren't. I've seen it first-hand what simple off-hand remarks about how "gays are gross/ewww/horrible" can do to a person (I know a young lesbian couple, both of whom are still in the closet, who had/have to hear that kind of BS from other students at school, attitudes learned from their parents, and how it totally crushed the other girl). And don't you dare give shit excuses like "lulz, life is hard, deal with it". Having to deal with hardships like being jobless is different than having to deal with being gay or black in a bigoted society. There's nothing one can do to what you are, while stupid-ass shitheads can do a lot to not make their life any harder by not accepting them as the people they are and comparing what they are & do to having sex with animals.
Maybe I missed something, but based on the post you quoted I dont think Canuck is being a horrible human being. He's saying he doesn't advocate bullying or discrimination, right?
If you DO believe in the Bible and DON'T think homosexuality is a sin, then you are ignoring tenants of the book that gives you everything you base your life on. I've never understood buffet Christians... just picking which parts they are comfortable believing in. If you are a Christian, what makes you believe certain parts of the Bible over others? The Bible clearly states homosexuality is a sin, so it's hypocritical to both believe fully in the Bible and NOT think of homosexuality as sinful. It's just being logically consistent for a Christian to think of homosexuality as immoral.
Where did he say that homosexuality is similar to having sex with animals? I didn't see that part if he in fact said it.
I am slightly more understanding about all of this because I was a Christian for so long, and a devout one at that. I even applied to a pastor school because I wanted to plant my own church. I used to share these same views, and not because I came up with the idea on my own that homosexuality was gross, but rather because I wanted to be loyal to the God who had given me everything, and who was promising eternal life. Surely this God knows more than me, right? And if he says homosexuality is a sin, even if I may not understand it, surely He knows best?
That is why I think it's better to attack religion, and not the religious person in cases like this. Religion is the thing causing these mindsets. If someone really believes in a divine being that grants them life, both here and Earth and throughout eternity, I can very much understand taking that being's viewpoint over a bunch of "sinful, fallen humans" as the Bible describes us.
Logical consistency is something I wish there was more of in society. So, that being said, I feel like most religious people have good intentions, they've just based those intentions on religious tenants that a lot of us recognize as oppressive.
I hate homophobia. It disgusts me and saddens me and I always call it out when I see it. But for somebody simply saying they believe it is wrong based on their religious teachings, and not calling for violence or discrimination... I just don't know what else you could expect from someone like that, short of them completely abandoning the entirety of their faith. Not everyone can handle the cognitive dissonance that comes from firmly believing some aspects of a religion while adamantly rejecting other parts of that same religion that they are uncomfortable with. It really does seem like an all or nothing affair. That's certainly how it was with me when I was religious, and it was ultimately what drove me away from religion when I realized I couldn't reconcile many things in the Bible with a loving God.