I've known some really great people who consider themselves religious, some of the best people I've known. None of them were fundamentalists though, such a consuming hatred can't be healthy, psychologically or physically.
My boss is religious, he's one of the coolest people I know, like he doesn't force his beliefs on his son, for example. Still, my childhood was much more fundamentalist, I actually read and handed out Chick tracts as a child! Though I wasn't quite as extreme as the views they present, like I didn't think Catholics were evil, and while I did think that homosexuality was a sin, I wasn't like angry or hateful about it or whatever.
But that one I posted did make me laugh, about how the evil homosexuals were in league with Satan and out for blood (even typing that makes me giggle).
Despite what this tract might indicate, a quick search at fbi.gov reveals
Table 1 - Hate Crime Statistics 2007
Which shows that of the 1,265 sexual-orientation motivated hate-crimes in 2007, only 22 were anti-heterosexual. So the sensational nature of this tract doesn't reflect truth.
Still, it is amusing to see truth turned on it's head so completely.
And lastly, as a converse, I think this real-world example is quite telling.
YouTube - Funny Story of Gay Pride Parade & Fundementalist Christians ~
