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Anti-Prop 8 Protest in Pittsburgh
Photo � Bonnie Cline, 2008
The "sin" of homosexuality is important to conservative Christians because it's a sin they (think they) can complain about without being concerned that they might commit it themselves. Everyone and anyone could be guilty sins like gluttony or pride (which receive little attention), but homosexuality can always be framed as a sin which others commit. Even if an evangelical Christian constantly struggles to repress same-sex desires, they aren't "really" homosexual unless they engage in same-sex activity -- and, even then, they can repent and feel clean.
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