homosexuality...or how to be more like Jesus

I was reading more in the What's So Amazing About Grace? book by Philip Yancey today, getting my reading done for next week, and two of the three chapters really affected me. The first one almost had me in tears. It talked about how most Christians treat homosexuals and made me think about myself in that light. The most vocal "Christians", it seems, are the ones who speak out against gays, usually encouraging hate against them, talking about how they should go to hell or something like that. What they don't realize is that if they are going to preach that, they need to preach the same thing for themselves when they lie, hate, lust, etc.. But the rest of us aren't really doing anything about it. We aren't trying to show Christ's love to the extent that it's been shown us, it seems. We aren't trying to reach out to these people that have been shunned and hated for the church. I'm guilty of that. I try to treat them the same, when I can even tell that they're different, but I'm still uncomfortable. Even in this post I'm saying "them" quite a bit, alienating them from myself. It's us. We're all sinners. I can stand up for what's right and still love others. If I can't, then I have to hate everyone.