He is not an intolerant conservative. If he is, then eveny honest pastor, and God are intolerant. The is no way, through Hebrew, Greek, or English, to dismiss, or make favorable, the issue of homosexuality in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures. Attacking Olsteen is pointless. Heaven forbid that he should compromise his message to appease the madding crowd. It is good and appropriate that he invites homosexuals to his Church. We owe one another LOVE. not a conciliatory attitude toward sin. A PHD theologian friend of mine gets around the issue by reading only the "red" letters. That's a joke. He, like so many others, is deceiving himself.
Very brave of you Mark to be honest in this modern day onslaught of homosexuality. Philosophically, I cannot see a person as a "bigot" for taking a position against this issue. But if enough people tell you that you are a bigot, you may start believing it. If God didn't exist, then you are a bigot. In an evolutionary community it wouldn't make sense to deny homosexuality a simple "alternate" position in the scheme of things. If your father were a cruel hateful person and hated everyone, he is a bigot. But if you simply disagree with the homosexual lifestyle, you are entitled to do so.