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Yeah, I think it's probably fair to say that Gerv is more of a religious bigot than a homophobe. He pretty much does believe that his religion is right and everybody else should be legally compelled to follow the tenets of his religion. And he's one of a very small minority in my social circle who isn't committed to secularism. I do find it very hard to get my head round that sort of attitude to religion; I'm a pluralist first and foremost. But as a pluralist, I accept that people interpret religion differently from me.

And, well, while I don't at all admire this approach to religion, I also don't feel I have the right to condemn it. If I refused to be friends with any Evangelical Christians (or Catholics or Bahá'ís or anyone else whose official religious doctrines are homophobic) I would be a religious bigot myself.