There's a direct link between this kind of hypocritical, smiley-faced, bibled-based homophobia...
...and incidents like this:
Carroll County Sheriffâs Office Capt. Shane Taylor said investigators were called to the house at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday night. There they found Staples, who lived in his parentâs converted pool house at the address. He said he had heard a loud noise and then found the rock and note.âOur investigators recovered the evidence and began the process of developing suspects,â Taylor said. However, because of the nature of the investigation, Taylor said it wouldnât be appropriate to talk about the specifics of the note. âThen at 5:50 a.m. Sunday, we were called again with the residence on fire,â Taylor said. âIn my time here, Iâve never seen anything quite like this.â
Staplesâ mother, Wanda Morris, said the note read âwe know you are gay,â and was laced with anti-gay slurs too graphic for print and made the threat that Staples would âburn in hell.â
Staples is disabled and, according to his mother, hardly ever leaves his house. He's now gone into hiding.
And for the millionth time: We've learned to ignore what the bible says about women, virginity, masturbation, slavery, pork, lobster, beards, etc., etc., etc. We going to have to learn to ignore what the bible says about homosexuality.