People are afraid because it's different. And they don't bother to understand. Men wrote the bible, therefore it holds it's fair share of what people feel god would've wanted. Those people are dumb. I'm an atheist by the by. Just try to see it from their perspective. They're afraid and their (the religious people that hate homosexuality; not saying all of them do) god reassures that their fears and anger are in good place. It's a perfect shitstorm. Oh, and I've met atheists that are just as bad so you know that I'm not biased towards this.