I attend American River College. If you live in California, you may have heard about whats going on. I have several friends who are constantly harassed by the so-called "Christian" club on campus - being followed to their cars, followed with cameras, insulted, antagonized, etc. I have a friend who's had their car vandalized by them. I have two friends in particular who were physically harmed by them. One friend has to get surgery on his ribs and him and the rest of us are all scared to death over him because they still harass him on campus. They attacked one of his friends who had been trying to protect him too. There's been several other against people I don't know as personally.
What drives Christians to do this? And why do other Christians just dismiss it? Why not address it? When you just ignore it, it encourages this sort of hatred.
No one says GLBTQ's are right in calling names. The club at this same school constantly stressed the need to remain calm, polite and sincere, while still standing your ground. They're always trying to follow the rules and always trying to come off as polite. But the "Christian" club antagonizes them, purposely trying to force a retaliation out of them so they can use it against them. They draw them away from conversations and try to light the fire. And while the GLBTQ community is full of people trying to keep the peace, what does the Christian community do? "Oh that's bad, but hey, they are sinners". I try so hard to stress peace out of the Christian community, and I get called a hypocrite for it. I've seen both sides. And I think the homosexuals at my school are more Christian than the Christians are.