I'm not a scientist of any sort so I'm going to avoid the disease issue for a very simple reason. I'm not going to comment on issues I know nothing about. The title of the thread deals with religions being homophobic. My opinion is, if they are truely religious, they should practice what their religion preaches. Every Christian religion uses the Bible as their statement of faith and doctrine. My favourite Biblical passage is "Judge not, lest ye be judged." That ranks there with vengence is minhe sayeth the lord. We are not put here on this earth to judge each other. We do but that isn't why we're supposed to be here. Kevin Conway in the movie "Gettysburg" states, "Any man who judges by the race is a pea wit. I'll be judged for who I am, not who my father was." That is the essence of what being human is about right there. Bigotry and hatred have no place in our world and until we all get past them, we are in for a very bumby and perilous existance. Kindest reguards, Neil