Because Christianity doesn't generally vilify gays... right?

This week an important statement was introduced by the United Nations condemning homophobia spawned from institutions such as christianity. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi (shown below, left), was quoted during a talk with the Human Rights Council "People are being attacked for taking positions that do not support sexual behavior between people of the same sex. When they express their moral beliefs or beliefs about human nature they are stigmatized, and worse they are vilified, and persecuted."


I'm having a really hard time getting around the hypocrisy of this statement. Not only does Christianity as a whole promote anti-gay philosophy, but sects within the institution go as far as budgeting large amounts of money annually to limit rights to gay American citizens. It's a well known fact that Christianity condemns homosexuality, so why all of a sudden are Christians the victims? I'm glad at least we live in a country where people's opinions, no matter how undeniably hypocritical they are, can be expressed freely. Maybe Christians should try living as second class citizens and then maybe they'll see what it's really like to be attacked, stigmatized, vilified and persecuted.