Most of the gays I know are atheists. Do you think being gay means you can't believe in God/church?

No, they're just more likely to reject it because the religion is most likely rejecting them.

Well if a religious institution like marriage can go hand in hand with being gay, then religion can too.

I thought this was gonna be a ririfan thread and I was bout to go OFF.

That's generally the same for me too. For me, it's not really the fact that a lot of religions hate gays, it's just that I find the concept of religion to be nonsense.

Maybe gay people are just born smarter than straights!

No, I believe in God but don't know that I believe in any particular religion 100%. People shouldn't blame Religion for wars and prejudice etc. They should blame the individuals who've took something sacred and turned it into a platform for hate and intolerance, not in all cases but I find the amount of gays I know who don't believe in God to be saddening. I think everyone should have some higher power to believe in, even if it's just what gets you through the harder days, knowing that you're never completely alone.

you can be gay and religious . Just becasue you like someone from the same gender doesn't mean your set of values or faith will be affected in anyway !

There are openly gay priests and bishops and **** nowadays. I personally feel they are delusional but they do exist.

Religion is not made for righteous people. Rather, it was made for sinners and everyone who has gone astray to help them change and lead them back to God. That's why Christians make up most of the prison population. Christian missionaries are not ashamed for their institutions to be associated with them but rather they are even happy to welcome and convert them to the faith. Not trying to compare gays to criminals, though; just clearing up the misconception that religion is a congregation of righteous people.

Not all religions are against homosexuality, for example Hinduism.

I love this entire post.

No and I ****ing hate religion.

That is so weak and a weak argument. Seek out people if you are lonely, try to gain strength from your mistakes. Why go so far as to adopt a belief system? - and for simple personal gain, too - so selfish in the extreme AND disrespectful to the belief system.

No.

Seriously, would you like it if I said "I find the amount of people who believe in God to be saddening"? Everyone has their own beliefs. Be respectful please.

It can. Most gay people around the world are religious.

Marriage is not a religious institution

Not all religions involve a church, mosque or synagogue

You clearly don't understand what I've wrote. So many people draw their strength from God, its not selfish its part of prayer most of the time, and obviously you've not been in a situation where you've felt like you have no one to turn to in life, its those times that feeling as though there is someone else there even if their presence isn't physical that helps, and if you have then I'm glad you had that support system, but not everyone does.
What's saddening is you reaching to find negativity in my post. What I meant by it was that in times of hardship when you people feel like they don't have somewhere to turn, I find it sad that some people wouldn't have that extra support, it doesn't even have to be religion but just belief that someone is watching over you can be a huge comfort, the same with not believing in an afterlife, it may be realistic for some but its also a rather depressing thought to feel this is all we have. My point was not that I feel sad they don't have religion but more so that where some peoples faith helps them through the darkest times, they may not have that to get them through.