A Letter to a Photograph

There is an article on CNN.com about picketing outside military funerals by a church protesting homosexuals. On that article, there is a picture of a person wearing a sign around their neck that is cut out of the picture, whose shirt says "God hates fags..." and I think that is followed by .com but I'm going on assumption here.

Whether or not I believe homosexuality is right or wrong or that morals are relative or whatever and whatnot, there is a truth that needs to be addressed here.

If this person were a Christian, then perhaps, during their endless hours of reading the Bible to become closer to God, they missed a few verses.

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
—Romans 5:8, New International Version

"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
-John 8:7, King James Version
(and for the record, no one could cast a stone.)

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God...."
-Romans 3:23, New American Standard

And for those who are about to argue about venial sins and mortal sins or whatever they are called and the difference and about abominations...please spare me.

Because 1 John 3:15 states that anyone who hates his brother is a murderer and Matthew 5:28 states that a man who has looked at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

So, dear person standing at the most tragic day of a parent's life, when they have to bury their baby who fought so that you could have the right to picket at their funeral, if you're going to protest using (a) God as your backup and reason, make sure you at least have it right. Because according to Christianity, God does NOT hate, as you so eloquently put it, fags. If you are so adamantly against their lifestyle, then that is one thing, but at least have the decency to just state that YOU hate the person and not try to sugarcoat and waterdown the reality.

Huh.