So, this is a popular topic. I was once told that God loves all his children, no matter what. This I surely know for a fact because He still loves me after all I have done. In my heart I know that God loves homosexuals. I have many friends who are homosexuals and my love and care for them hasn't changed. But then I get angry and confused when I read stories about Christian universities kicking them out because of that, and some even receiving threats and hate from christians. I have also been told that I should not be friends with any of them either.
I do not agree with my friends and their chosen lifestyle but how do I go about it? How should I act around them? What should I tell them when they ask me if they are going to hell? And how can I protect them from others who wish to harm them by telling them that God hates them?
One of the biggest parts of being 'friends' is loving them regardless of their personal decisions, after realizing they
are personal decisions, with no bearing on you. You didn't make their decisions for them, and what they decide to do with their own lives is naturally not any of your business. Sorry to be blunt, but it's true.
Imagine your friends saying to you, 'I don't agree with you being Christian'. Wouldn't you say 'well, it's frankly none of your business'?
You haven't made their decisions for them, and it's far from reality to consider yourself so important as to be 'condoning' or 'encouraging' their decisions. The facts of it are; they are
their decisions and have not come about by your actions. So, you have two options;
1. Push the subject and alienate your friends,
2. Have compassion for them and continue to be friends with them, even if they are 'sinners' who are making mistakes in your eyes.
You can't protect them from abuse and condemnation and all the reviling and nastiness, but you
can be a friendly face for them, someone from whom they don't have to suffer it from too. And let's be honest, neither of us know where they're going after they die, and they probably don't pay the thought much attention until it's brought up. The reality is, there's a here and now, where you can love your friends unconditionally, treat them with respect, as adults, people who have made their decisions which have no bearing on you, or you can live in agitation and upset.