You're derailing the conversation in a "When did you stop beating your wife" fashion.

OP said: "The whole idea that God is going to send people to an infinitely, unending punishment for love is simply monstrous and idiotic" and refers to that belief as LEGITIMIZING that violence behavior.

Moreover, homophobia exists in pre-christian and post-christian cultures alike. To say it is ONLY the result of Christianity to have such violence is inaccurate ESPECIALLY since Christianity also preaches other things are equally, if not more wrong, and those things do not reach the sort of violence.

It is relevant because it shows that OP's belief is fault. It is the same derailing tactic which makes things like "A whole lot of Christian countries supported slavery" crop up. Well, about every country did at one time or another. That doesn't mean the Christian God ORDERS us to own slave or likes abuse (nor does the NT recognizing and regulating slavery mean it is moral: for not everything immoral is prohibited. Again, in the NT Christians were not presupposed to be in political power).

You're trying to fit me into a box to fit into your narrative of

traditional christians = supporting violence. affirming christians= supportive and liberating of that history.

And I won't have it. Because the people I mentioned are Christians who prove the assumption wrong. And you want to silence them.

Your comment trend strikes me as willfully obtuse. Plenty comments here recognize and agree about the historical abuse Christians have done. Yet because mine didn't focus on it, I am somehow erasing it?

And yet, when I mention faithful gay Christians of a side-ethic, that's not important? When I'm the only one mentioning it? Who is doing the real attempt at erasing views here?

I kindly suggest you stop engaging me on this matter as you have shown nothing but bad faith.