Things I Believe... Discriminated for Conservative Beliefs

Lately I've seen a lot of stuff from some of my more liberal Facebook friends about supporting the gay lifestyle and things that profess it is not a choice to be gay or not.  I don't mean a thing or two here or there, I mean these friends are findnig every pro-gay, anti-Christian slogan on the internet, and posting it to Facebook, where I get the joy of reading it.  Yes, I could block these messages from appearing on my feed, and I think I probably will, but the whole thing has me thinking. 

I do not believe the gay lifestyle to be appropriate in any way.  I believe man and woman were created to pair in heterosexual fashion.  And I believe those who profess religion to be useless have a lot to learn. 

Nevertheless, I hold no ill feelings towards people who live those lifestyles or support those beliefs.  I profess to meet everyone where they are and love them regardless of the choices they make.  I would treat a gay athiest neighbor no differently than a van-driving, casserole-wielding member of my own church. 

My problem comes because I feel discriminated at times for my belief, especially by the pro-gay, anti-Christian community.  This feeling comes from seeing those different slogans on Facebook and elsewhere, and knowing that if I expressed my views, briefly described above, in such a public forum, which I probably am doing right now, I would be labeled with some pretty harsh words describing me as an intolerant bigot.  I assert that I am not intolerant, nor a bigot, I just have different views.  I don't have to love every choice a person makes in order to love the person.

Things I Believe - Easter

Apparently, a town in Ohio is up in arms about the name of the "Easter Egg Hunt" for it's children. http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/183128/45/Geauga-County-Should-Easter-be-in-egg-hunt Some want to be politically correct, and refer to it as the "Spring Egg Hunt". Here's what I believe... If you can't handle Easter, as it is, then DON'T CELEBRATE IT! Keep your kids away from the Easter Egg Hunt, and the Easter Celebrations, and don't turn our traditionally Christian holidays into something they were never meant to be. Believers or not, you're welcome to participate in our traditions, but keep you nose out of trying to change them. Don't like it, you're not required to participate.