Here is the thing: I do not feel hate in my heart for people who are different. I myself am different, and always have been. What I feel hate for is the people who want to destroy EVERYTHING.
It might be that, say, conservative Christians sometimes make homosexuals feel unwelcome. This is bad, in some ways. I continue to believe that exclusive homosexuality–versus bisexuality–is psychologically driven, but whether true or not, some people find this the most congenial, best way to live, and I don’t fault them for it. It is none of my business, so I would back them in opposing any laws restricting their freedom of behavior, at least until it came to adopting children.
But all that convoluted thinking aside–and this was not the point of this post–NIHILISM HURTS EVERYONE EQUALLY. It makes life a horror for all human beings. It makes it impossible to figure out where you are, who you are, where you are going, where it is worth going to, how to connect with others, and how to derive any enjoyment from life at all.
If I believed that believing nothing was the prerequisite for accepting homosexuality–I don’t, to be clear–then I would reject homosexuality. This would be better for everyone but homosexuals, and if I were a Christian, it would still be my duty to love them even though–and perhaps particularly because–they were sinners.
I take homosexuality as perhaps a bad example out of many. The choice is not between nothing and bigotry. This is the point I am making. There is always space for creative negotiation, reconciliation of difference, and the finding of common humanity WITHIN the domain of principle and belief. This is the whole point of the Enlightenment.