Calling GFR7 a bigot for taking the Bible literally as written instead of reinterpretting it for the changing moral fiber (or lack there of) in today's society is bigotry also.
I didn't call him a bigot for taking the bible literally, I said:
"You can favor traditional marriage all you want, but
if you're going to do it while or by being a bigot, expect to be called out on your bigotry."
Someone can favor traditional marriage without being a bigot, it's not an impossible feat.
We live in a secular society.
Yes, we do. There are those who would change that if they could, and for some, their frustration at not being able to codify their religious precepts can lead to bigoted behavior towards others who have no obligation to follow them.
A conservative black couple my wife and I have a long-term relationship with encountered this event recently. The black woman walked into an Asian nail salon in the mid-South. The Asians immediately said, "No Blacks, No Blacks", as she entered the nail salon. She said no problem and left to take her business elsewhere. These are the times we live in. Some will scream bigotry and racism, while others will turn the other cheek. Who is the better Christian example?
It's not "screaming" bigotry and racism to shine a light on it when it happens, call it what it is, and to work towards ending it. If everyone in the civil rights era had been content to turn the other cheek, perhaps there would still be 'whites only' establishments and townships and voting restrictions and societal acceptance of treating some people as less than others. I know you know these things, we're in agreement in many ways when it comes to civil rights history, so that's not a criticism of you at all.
The woman you know handled that situation with grace, but it never should have happened in the first place. It's dismaying that she had to endure it, and it goes to show that the ugliness of the past still lurks in the present day.