Don't Judge Me, But I Reserve the Right to Judge YOU!

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People say that there shouldn't be double standards in our society... but I don't think they really mean it. People also claim to be willing to accept others, but again, that acceptance seems to be more about "us and them" than "we". Take for instance the stupid term "homophobia". It is used to label everyone from those who actually have some irrational fear of homosexuals (which the term would imply, even if it isn't the original definition) to anyone who doesn't support every aspect of the gay activists (which would make many Gay people, Homophobes). Can anyone use the label without being judgemental and unfair? But let's turn that around and see how "understanding" and "tolerant" the very people who think they get to define understanding, tolerance, or even homophobia. I don't remember ever ending a friendship, or refusing to be friends with someone simply because they were gay. My friends who are gay know that I do consider homosexual acts a sin. However, they also know that I have other friends that do things I consider sinful. On that note, I also do things my friends consider sinful, so none of us are claiming "holier than thou" status. But I do know people who can't believe a Gay person would ever be friends with someone like me. While they consider me some kind of bigot, they reserve the right to be bigoted towards me. Of course, they justify it, since we're all pretty good at justifying our actions no matter what they are. So how am I the "bigot" if it doesn't stop me from being friends with people who live or think differently, but "they" are "enlightened" and "tolerant" even if they have no problem hating people that don't walk in lockstep with their rigid demands?