Self-Organizing Man

I just read a news story at 365gay.com http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/09/092705angTG.htm and it’s making me weep. The first transsexual priest is about to be ordained in England, and here’s what their version of neoncon hate is spewing:

The Evangelical Alliance - the organization of conservatives in the Church of England - called it “blasphemy”.

“[The Bible is] absolutely clear that God created human beings as male and female,” said Don Horrocks, a spokesperson for the group.

“Therefore there is absolutely no Christian acknowledgement of the 21st Century human idea that it’s possible somehow for a person to take charge of their own destiny and to decide what their own sexuality is. Someone who does that… is therefore actually perpetuating an illusion or masquerading and any Christian is clearly not going to be supportive of someone who purports to be what they’re not,” Horrocks told the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Once again, a frightened, ignorant majority is dictating to the minority what is and is not real. And once again, this ignorance is conflating transsexualism with sexual orientation.

What I wonder is, how does Don know what’s in God’s heart? And how do Don and others of his ilk reconcile this hateful position with their brand of Christianity? How is it possible to reconcile profound hatred with professions of love?

Christians out there, please help me understand this one, because I am at a loss as to how to communicate with “people of faith” who use their religious beliefs as underpinnings of bigotry, prejudice and hatred.