First of all, the bible and religion are not synonomous. And while I know that in the ld Testament it says something about “abomination” before god, the bible does not give a directive to kill gay people. However many times people bring up the old testament as examples of orders to kill, Jesus named himself as fulfllment of the law and created a new covenant based on grace and he said; “I came not into the world to comdemn it, but that the world throgh me might be saved.”
As @YARNLADY said, people will be bullies based on their own lens of perception. It is only that some bullies use the bible as their excuse, but I firmly believe that they would still be bullies if they did not have that for an excuse.
As far as Religion itself goes, I am not qualified to say how the Koran addresses homosexuality, but as I understnad it, Muslims behead gay persons in their culture, which is something of a hypocrisy, as I also understand that it is an accepted practice to use boys for pleasure. In fact, I understand that a common expression among some of the Muslim peoples is “Women for breeing, boys for pleasure.”
Now I don’t know if this is directed or mandated as part of the religion of Islam or if it something else, but I have heard that gay arab men are quite fearful of being found out. There probably are no hard numbers that show gay arab men suicide rates but I would not be surprised to find them quite high.
I have no knowledge of how Judaism addresses homosexuality, nor Buddhism.
I can tell you that “Christians” who make moral judgements about people are going against what scripture tells them to do. ANd I can tell you that there are plenty of Christians who d not give a rats ass if you are gay or not. The church that I attend has one openly gay couple and nobody excludes them or treats them as anything other than valued members of the community.
The bible is a misinterpreted excuse for gay bashing, as it was for slavery. Do you know the reference? It’s in Genesis, when Ham saw his father Noah piss drunk, passed out and naked. He mocked his father but his brother covered him with averted eyes. So Ham was cursed by God for disrespect to his father. He was relegated to servant status to his brothers. Ham translates as “black”.
So a misinterpretation and willful ignorance of the spirit of the word. That can apply to just about anything.