church and gay -

I had a question today while we were discussing judaism and homsexuality in my tutorial. Yes, I was actually able to process things and in fact, i came to a few good conclusions about christianity, anitsemtisim and judaism. but anyways, I am getting away from my topic. My question was " why would homesexuals and lesbians want to belong to a church, a mosque, or a synaguogue when the very foundation of these religions abominates their exisitence? "

My question actually raised some eye brows, im guessing of dissaproval, and a guy actually said " omg" ... well, I really did not intend to offend anyone, but i am actually very curious as to why would someone gay want to belong to a religion institute that is against their sexual identity.

and upon some reflection i think these are some of the few reasons that a gay person should/would want to be part of these religious insititutions.

1) religion and society are intermeshed. Religion has deep roots in the values of society, so if you want to change a society, you also have to tackle the religious beliefes. The consitituions, laws and the media are also important in the process of changing the values of a country. However, religion has a deep influence in our systems of beliefes and values, so to a gay person to be fully accepted in a society, there has to be a culture where the gay is acceptable.