For me, the self-righteousness is that many of us sound condescending, like we in our perfection are deigning to still be friends with our gay loved ones, as if somehow we are better. Personally, I'm not sure I can agree that homosexuality is a sin on par with the ones I named in my earlier post, but my point there was to highlight the fact that we all fall short of the "rules" we (if we claim to be Christ-like) have come up to believe in. I think it sounds ridiculous.
For me, having an issue, or deciding to love my family/friends "in spite of" their "sin" of being gay is like a white friend saying they're going to love me "in spite of" my being an inferior black person, because to them, being black is someone a problem. My color and my sexuality are unchangeable, so I don't see how someone could or should judge me about them...so I wouldn't think about doing the same to someone else. People's behavior, now that's a different story!
Also, I don't think most gay people choose a life that seems destined for rejection, pain and sometimes, violence, in such a homophobic society.
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