No One is Going to Hell Just Because They are Gay

  God is perfect and righteous and holy. As the Creator of the universe, His standard is ultimate and inescapable. The fact that He allows us to argue with Him in no way gives us the right to set ourselves up as His equal. What He says is right and wrong is right and wrong.
  There is often a difference between being who God called us to be, and "just being who we are." Mankind is made in the image of God, but mankind is also fundamentally flawed. We are born into sin. All our lives we are plagued with desires that are contrary to God's law. Because we have the ability to choose between right and wrong, we are responsible when we choose to disobey God. As righteous judge, God has the duty to punish us for sinning against Him, and the punishment for sin is death on earth and eternity in hell.
  Sin takes many forms. It comes in all shapes and sizes and has varying levels of impact on our lives. Some sins are small in a worldly sense while other are much larger. Either way, sin is sin and it is an affront to God. God does not send anyone to hell because of any specific sin they committed, God punishes people because they committed a sin,thus rebelling against Him.
  Sin is as varied as people. Lying, lust, selfishness, homosexuality, adultery, anger, murder, pride. God does not see individual sins as being different in their need for punishment. We as people see differences in sins because we see sin's impact on our temporary lives. The prideful Pharisee living his life in denial of his need for God is as deserving of punishment as the unrepentant serial killer.
  In spite of our sin, God loves His broken creation. So much so, that He sent His only son to die in our place to bear the punishment we deserve. Because of Christ's death in our place, we can take on His righteous, so that when God sees us, He does not see our sin: He sees the holiness of His son. We must call on God to show us mercy and cling to the work of Christ as our saving grace.
  Part of being a Christian is trusting Christ's grace to save us. Another is repenting of our sin and striving to live a holy life. It is putting behind that part of us that is "who we are" so we can be who God has called us to be. Living on this earth means we are going to struggle with sin until the end of our lives. Just as sin is varied, struggles are varied. I struggle with pride; a lot. As a Christian, though, I do not have to give into pride. By the grace of God, I get the opportunity to live a life of holiness and humility, and I am forgiven when I do fall short and sin.
  And so does every believer who deals with their own specific sin. Believers who struggle with same-sex attraction are not going to hell because that is their struggle. It is their earthly battle and by the grace of God and with His help they can fight it.
  People go to hell because they decide they do not need God and His saving grace. Because they think it is better to live on their own terms then on His. It is not the specific sin that condemns: it is the rebellion behind it that does.