then how do religious folk justify hating gays for one passage that they take absolutely literally, though they don't take most of the bible literally
Every religion and way of life has its extremes. I don't think that you'll find that what you said is true in this day and age, but I could be wrong. Lots of people are ignorant. But basically now the religious idea is hate the action, not the person. What they do is wrong, but we can't judge the person based on what they did - its up to God.
But I believe that it's intrinsically wrong. It's not how the human body was made to be used - that's obvious that man and women were made to work together perfectly.
Marriage in the church for same sex will never happen because it is wrong. However, I am neutral on the idea of the marriage taking place by a justice of the peace - a courthouse marriage. If two people will be living together, that's their right. And it's also their right to have a marriage contract to determine how belongings, money, etc will be taken care of if they divorce, for their own legal protection.
Who is the government, or anybody else, to tell us who we can and can't love. I thought this was the free world.
So you're cool if your sister wants to marry a bridge or a wall? I've actually seen on another forum that someone married the Berlin Wall. My point is: man and women marriage has been the way of life for thousands of years, and its worked! How far should you go with freedoms, and who has the right to determine that?