I disagree obviously that it's "wrong" because this is just the way I am... I didn't choose to be gay. It doesn't give me any advantages in life, I worried for a long time that it would affect me negatively in aviation. Thankfully I've only had to endure negative comments a few times in my career and most of the time it was CA's assuming I was straight and saying something negative or hurtful about a gay FA for example. I'm a big boy and I can handle it without causing a fuss, I have thick skin. I also have conservative friends from NC that are supporting Trump, I disagree with him but I enjoy the banter as long as it's respectful on both sides. You have the right to exercise your religion but at the same time I don't understand how can say I'm forcing anything down your throat. America was founded on the idea that just because a religion says something, doesn't give anybody the right to take away another's rights. At the same time you have the right to freely practice your religion. I take issue with whether any religion 'really' takes issue with being gay or transgender, because really it's always based on a narrow interpretation of some particular section of the bible (and yet other parts of that section are just ignored)... I think it has more to do with the "ick" factor, the way you were raised, and uncomfortably in certain parts of the country where gay people were for a long time pretty invisible. The same arguments about religion were used to justify prohibition on interracial marriage... You can't show me a piece of the bible that says that being gay is wrong that doesn't talk about mixing fabrics and not eating shellfish. It's just stupid... it has nothing to do with the bible and more to do with a 'feeling'.
On the cake issue... the whole thing is stupid, I think. I'm a bit torn because it is tricky for me personally. If someone doesn't feel like making a cake for a gay wedding, I don't really see why we need to force them. Let people have their opinions... the problem is they're offering a service to the public and we wouldn't really tolerate a business putting up a sign that says "no blacks, no jews, no muslims"... On some level I wish we could find a better solution like, "Look, I'm not comfortable making a cake for your wedding because of my beliefs. There are plenty of bakers in this town that specialize in gay weddings. I'm not refusing service and if they can't accommodate you I will, but would you please consider using someone else?" Idk.. I have very mixed views on the issue and it's a tricky one because I agree that tolerance goes both ways. The bathroom issue is far more cut and dry for me, because it's so stupid and it's just a basic right. And I can't empathize or understand the transgender thing at all, I have no friends that are trans, and it's hard for me to understand it, but I don't think they have a lot of choice in the matter either.
"As a straight person if I say it's wrong and don't agree with being gay I can lose my job!"
I mean, that's the decision of the employer though, you don't have free speech while working for a company. On your own time, you can say what you'd like and enjoy 1st amendment protections, but I can't tell my boss to his face he's a cheap jerk and then claim first amendment protection when he fires me for what I said. Totally different issue. And nobody's trying to shut you up, I'm happy to have a reasonable dialogue about the issue and explain why I think you're wrong and hopefully educate you a little on it. And at the same time learn something from your views as well and understand why it's such an issue for you for example...