Could mainstream christianity ever make peace with gay people?

{The reason I am proposing this new topic rather than putting it straight into the coffee house is because I know this is a sensitive issue, particularly now during our time of transition, so feel free to dismiss it and close it down if you think that's best. I won't complain. If you think it's ok, coffee house, please.)Before I start, I want to tell the story behind this idea of mine. A few days ago, I was walking along minding my own bussiness when a couple of gentlemen asked me if I had the time. I wasn't in a hurry to go anywhere so I told them the truth, that I wasn't in a hurry to go anywhere. They told me that they were christ's messengers and that they were going to hold a seminar about the bible and christ's message in about 15 minutes in the building right next to us. I told them it's ok that I'd rather not go. They then held me back and asked me for any particular reason why I didn't want to hear christ's message. I said it wasn't my cup of tea. They went on to say that I just said I didn't have anywhere to go and that why didn't I just spare like 20 minutes listening to their seminar.At that point, a thought came to my mind. They seemed particularly persistant to get me in there to listen to their christ's message. I thought to myself what would happen if I told them I was gay? So, I told them that I was gay. The moment that I told them that, they said "ok, have a nice day."What that tells me is that they didn't mind bothering someone who clearly stated that he didn't want to be preached to. They had no trouble pulling random people off the street to evangelize. They certainly very persistent in trying to get me to go in there. But a gay person wasn't good enough to be pursued. A lost cause, perhaps?Mainstream christianity, as it seems, does have trouble accepting gay people. I've heard people say over and over that most christians have no problem with homosexuality and that there's this silent majority who never spoke up but are in full support of gay rights. However, the fact that we already have a dozen states with laws specificially forbidding gay marriage or any kind of gay union that resembled marriage (all by referandum I might add) tells me that there is no such thing as this silent majority. The fact that the only grounds that gay rights advocates have won have been in court rooms and not in the voting place tells me that the majority of people, christians in particular, are against gay rights. The fact that these two christian representatives just said "ok, have a nice day" right after they were told they were in the presence of a gay man tells me we still have a long way to go with certain christians out there in regard to gay rights.But over all, I still absolutely don't believe that there is such thing as this silent majority who's all accepting and all tolerant.And let's not forget the catholic church, which represents a large bulk of christianity around the world and their position on gay rights.So, the question is this. Can you see in the foreseeable future any chance of mainstream christianity coming to term with gay rights? Or is this an issue that will be faced by my grand children?

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