@Tuesdays_Child True, I have a more mainstream idea of what is “ridiculous”. And I happen to know a lot of Christians that really don’t care much about homosexuality if for no reason other than they feel that Man is unfit to judge. And how do you abolish sin anyways? Humans lack the power, and God either can’t (possibly due to not existing, possibly due to merely not being how you seem to envision Him) or just won’t because He doesn’t have a problem with homosexuals. Plus, given the number of times in history where religious texts have been either revised or creatively interpreted to justify all sorts of heinous acts, I have a bit of a hard time with that whole angle anyways.
Just a little note about human nature too; people tend to mostly associate with like-minded people. I tend to hang with open-minded, tolerant people with good math skills and avoid extremists from either side. So when you say that most people you talk with agree with you, that is both unsurprising and unconvincing.
As for, “The majority of the ugliness that I hear comes from the liberal side of things.”, that is only because from what I have seen you do not believe that there is anything wrong with discrimination, at least not against groups that you personally disapprove of. I hear ugliness coming from both sides, but the Liberal side is less blatant about it. Maybe you don’t hear it merely because you don’t want to.
Regardless, you are entitled to your opinion, but that does not mean I cannot disagree rather vocally.