The last week...

Over the last week or so, a lot of things have been going around and around in my head, and I thought it might be helpful to get some of them out.
So first and foremost, let me admit to something. I realise that perhaps not everyone in the world sees things the same way I do, that maybe some people have opinions or views that differ from my own. This is part of being human.
Yet, unlike several people I know and come across, the fact that someone else may not agree with me does not automatically mean that they are wrong. I mean, maybe I'm wrong about some things and they're wrong about some things. I can not presume - nor can anyone else - that I am always right about everything just because I believe it to be true.
I have been reasonably vocal of late about the growing issue of marriage equality in the area in which I live. I believe it is the imperative of any humanitarian - let alone a Christian, who has been commanded to love everyone, even those whose opinions might differ from your own - to show compassion, not self-righteous judgment to our brothers and sisters.
But what has troubled me the most is that it seems to be - almost exclusively - my non-christian friends who agree with me, and my Christian friends who tell me I'm wrong, that being homosexual is wrong, that being whatever they are not is wrong, etc etc.
It seems that many friends of mine think I have come to my opinions lightly, without any consideration or deliberation. But this is definitely not the case. I have pored over the Scriptures - including the Hebrew and Greek, not just the NIV study bible notes - in order to arrive at the place I have. And to be quite frank, it saddens me that it is the Christians of the world who seem unable or unwilling to show love to those who it seems to me need it most at the moment.
Anyway, enough said for now, I need to get some rest.