My 2 cents
Gays can be Christians just like murderers and rapists can. But the lifestyle is left behind when one truly accepts the Lord. You cannot still be a murderer and a rapist and say "I am a Christian. I love the Lord." Just like you can't sit up and be proud of being gay and say "I am a Christian. I love the Lord." You show that you are not following Christ. To love Jesus is to follow and obey Jesus. You can't be a proud pedophile and be a Christian. Some behaviors must cease immediately. Perfection is not required, but you have to acknowledge that the gay lifestyle is immoral and turn from it. Increase in Bible knowledge, pray and do what you know is right. In time, you will give up sins daily. A hooker is a hooker until she truly accepts Jesus. She does not return to being a hooker once she learns more about Jesus and increases in knowledge and faith. Once she matures spiritually and becomes strong in Spirit and in faith, she could become a leader in the church. No way should a hooker who has not demonstrated maturity in the faith hold an office, no more than a openly gay person should. Being gay should be in his past, not a present reality and having a personal acceptance of the lifestyle. Many gays claim to be Christians and claim that being so is acceptable and good. This is wickedly false. This is false teaching. Homosexuality is an abomination. 9Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality,Nor cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.