An article so absolutely right that I'm actually posting on LJ!
Concerning murdered gay teenager Lawrence King:
"Religious groups [are] always going on how they love the sinner while loathing the sin. That said, and given how religion is responsible for much of the vacant faux moral blather that underlies hatred of gays, you’d think they’d step up after cases such as King’s with the bold pronouncement that, vile as the sin of homosexuality is, you shouldn’t murder gays, at least not while they are still children. We seem to expect the entire Muslim community to rise as one and publicly denounce every act committed in their faith’s name anywhere in the world. Why shouldn’t our home-grown faiths take responsibility for the fruit of their efforts?"
--Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times
"Religious groups [are] always going on how they love the sinner while loathing the sin. That said, and given how religion is responsible for much of the vacant faux moral blather that underlies hatred of gays, you’d think they’d step up after cases such as King’s with the bold pronouncement that, vile as the sin of homosexuality is, you shouldn’t murder gays, at least not while they are still children. We seem to expect the entire Muslim community to rise as one and publicly denounce every act committed in their faith’s name anywhere in the world. Why shouldn’t our home-grown faiths take responsibility for the fruit of their efforts?"
--Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times