Living in Memphis, as you are aware, I see this type of behavior towards the GLBT community fairly often. Heck, I'm the recipient at work often enough. I can't even begin to recount the number of times I've been told that my "lifestyle choices" were sinful and that my customers would pray for me- with no apparent catalyst!

The JESUS thing is a huge problem. People like that tend to go with JESUS *is* Religion, and any other religion is foolishness/rebellion/trying to get away from GAWD.