"What is wrong with people believing in what they want to believe in and choosing your own sexual orientation?"

The short answer is: Nothing!

But leaving aside the bit about sexual orientation (perhaps for another thread?) what we're arguing against here is NOT religion per se but religious FUNDAMENTALISM - which many of us see as dangerous and potentially repressive. Religious fundamentalists don't want to stop at believing nonsense - they want to force other people to believe their nonsense too!

"The very concept of human superiority over nature is an arrogance I cannot abide and an ignorance that cannot be tolerated. I'll go further: the very idea humans can have dominion over nature and are somehow separated from it is a teaching of the most diabolical evil. I don't use the word lightly, but profoundly evil it is and has caused (and still does) so much needless suffering. That people still place any weight such utter crap is depressing and deeply sad."

Very well said, Stu! Hear! Hear! I'll go further and state my belief that this poisonous, life-hating attitude has its roots in the Christian religion and another reason why we must resolutely oppose Christian fundamentalists.

All of my life I've had to endure the sight of the world being brutally dismantled around me - and I'm sick of it! I'm now an active conservationist and have undertaken to dedicate the rest of my life to this cause. If we destroy nature, we will inevitably destroy our own species. We are part of nature whether we like it or not.