Why aren't we allowed to preach about homosexuality?

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In some countries, Christian ministers can be put in jail simply for stating what the Bible says about homosexuality. That it is a sin. Some are calling this "hate speech". Anything preached from the pulpit against homosexuality can be met with legal ramifications. I find this very disturbing. It is one thing to bully or threaten someone, but our religious freedoms must be protected. I believe that homosexuality is a sin, but it can be overcome. God loves the homosexuals as sinners, but he doesn't approve of homosexuality. Because it goes against the divine purpose of male and female relationships- in which we were created. Just because someone views homosexuality as a sin, doesn't mean they hate homosexuals. Quite the contrary! It means they love them enough to tell them the truth. We can pray for homosexuals to be delivered. God is very merciful.

Which countries are those?

Examples please.

Why? Because most Christian now DONT believe that homosexuality is a sin. They don't believe it's an "abomination."

And most Christian churches don't ordain any penalty for a homosexual person. They can be members of churches without being persecuted.

And it's been proven, pretty much beyond the shadow of a doubt, that one cannot "overcome" homosexuality. One is "born" with it.

I'm a heterosexual man.

People can believe what they want to believe including RVA, people like to single out Christianity in this country but it's not Christians that are throwing gays off buildings and drowning them in cages.

I know of countries that persecute homosexuals. But I don't know of any countries that persecute clergy for preaching against homosexuality. But if the later group of countries exist I doubt that they rack up the same body count as the first category of countries do. More folks get stoned to death for being gay then get stoned to death for preaching against gayness.

This ought to be good.

Who are throwing gays off buildings and drowning them?

Maybe the same people who are throwing other sorts of people off buildings and drowning them.

I don't know about most other nations, but, most U.K. nations, if not all, recognize the Church of England as a U.K. government agency; plainly, because it is. As such, some LGBT individuals in those nations (and elsewhere) resent the idea that the government supports an agency which appears to violate the government's nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBT individuals. When two (or more) agencies within a government are at odds with each other's public statements, which should prevail?

Make the CofE independent of the government, and watch the controversy go away.

I have not heard of any laws in the United States against saying you think homosexuality is a sin, maybe not something everyone is going to sit down and give you the time of day to hear, but not the same thing as it being 'not allowed.' Trying to impose that on others is where it becomes problematic. Freedom of religion also means people don't have to believe in that stuff, or live by that code....if someone chooses to fine, but it should be by choice not religious bullying/pressuring, threats, or harassment.

Which are certainly tactics that have been used by some christians...for instance Westboro Baptist, that has been known to disrespect private funerals of soldiers killed to scream hateful messages about how its the gay peoples fault the soldier was killed, and god hates gays. Then you have an incident not two long ago where a gay individual was held in a church against his will...beaten, choked and verbally abused by the rest of the congregation. I guess to beat the gay out of him or something, doesnt seem very 'loving'.