Well due to my views on homosexuality and "gay marriage", I suppose I receive more verbal abuse than any other member, i've been called dozens of derogatory names, been sworn at, accused of bigotry homophobia,

Your views as stated are illiberal, prejudiced, ill-informed and out of touch, and if you choose to go public with them you need to be prepared for a backlash. I have some pretty solid views about religion and the actions of some of the people who practise it (such as forcing religious observance and instruction on their children, which is one of the nastiest things anyone can do to a child). I get plenty of backlash here for expressing these opinions loud and clear, but that's what I expect, and it includes name-calling, misrepresentation and insults, and I think I'm probably a bigger "victim" of all that than anyone else here (no, really!). Not that I do victimhood, so what the hell. If you think you're being insulted, look at it in one of two ways: either the person insulting you is a complete twat and will be seen as such by all readers, or he's frustrated because you persistently refuse to listen to reason (in which case insulting might not be such a great tactic I suppose, but hey). Like Musket, I quietly absorb lots of people's views expressed here, even coming from people I don't like. It helps to give a better perspective of the kaleidoscope of opinion and might even help me to adjust some of mine.