Bigotry against gay people

Discrimination hurts. Prejudice diminishes and degrades. We reduce others and ourselves when we distort humanity for the sake of anger, hatred or fear.
The Christian faith does not justify bigotry.

1 John 4:18-20 

¹⁸ There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

 ¹⁹ We love because he first loved us

When Christianity is attacked for being bigoted, something is not right. Do people hide behind their Christianity to justify their bigotry? Are atheists or humanists not capable of bigotry?
Bigotry ought to be separated out from faith, bigots are in all walks of life, all faiths and none. A true Christian is not motivated first by bigotry, but by love.
It is as frustrating for the Christian to be synonymous with bigotry as it is for the Muslim to be associated with terrorism.