What would Jesus do?

Same goes for LGBTI folks. A (asexual folks) are pretty much covered by Christ's comments about eunuchs.

I'd also like to invite folks to re-read the story of the Good Samaritan. But keep in mind that Samaritans were socially the equivalent of blacks, pagans or gays now.

So you have this average guy getting beat up and robbed. Left by the side of the road looking like some homeless bum.

The fine upstanding folk like the pastor of his church, the sheriff, and other "good people" pass him by likely with comments along the line of "we have to do something about "'those' people." They can't even look past the dirt, blood and tattered clothing to realize that this is someone they *know*.

Then along comes this poor, black (or queer or trans or pagan or whatever) person. They see this injured person in rags and instead of walking by, they take him to their house, clean him up, bind his wounds, feed him and dig up some clothes for him.

That, btw, is *why* the parable is titled "The *Good* Samaritan". Because that wasn't how Jesus's listeners would have expected a Samaritan (for us, black, pagan, queer, etc) person to act towards a Jew.

BTW, if you check around, you'll find posts listing the public figures who have expressed sympathy for the victims. Along with their records on gay rights. An awful lot of hypocrites there.