I have been doing some research into the question of whether Ambassador Stevens was gay

[moriah]

103. Welcome to DU!

But if you read the Rules, the proper place to bemoan the state of DU is the Meta Forum, not General Discussion.

If you also read the Terms of Service, you'll see that it's against the TOS to make broad-brush attacks against ANY religious, ethnic, or other group, including the LGBT community. And you have spent, from what I have seen of your posts on your very first day here, the majority of your time attacking the people who practice that faith, and attacking it directly. There are other forums on here for religious debates where there is a bit more leeway when making criticisms of religions in general.

Please consider at least exploring DU and see all the forums it has to offer before jumping right in on extremely sensitive topics -- especially given how the Republicans have been politicizing the deaths of four US citizens, your posts come across, at least to this user, as the behavior of those who are only here to disrupt. With the election so close, new users are given special scrutiny by many, and you can pretend to be whoever you want to be online.

As for my personal philosophy -- if I want people to be tolerant of me and my beliefs (I'm Pagan) and not label me with the broad-brush that is often applied to people of my faith because of the immaturity and bad behavior of a few, I feel it is hypocritical to be intolerant of an entire religious group. There are many of the Islamic faith who live here in the US and don't go trying to execute members of the LGBT community. If you want to hate on something, hate on the governments that actually do execute members of the LGBT community -- but hating on an entire religion is called "bigotry".