I was wrong in my analogy, it was the merchants, not tax collectors. Aunty M as for your tax collector analysis, it was trying to prove the attitude was correct, (coming to before God with humility) not the person. The gay rights protesters weren't coming in seeking forgiveness for their sins (sodomy is a sin) instead they were blatantly advertising it and showing a pridefull attitude with regards to it. Much different, if you wanted to choose a group to compare them too it would most likely be the phairisees. (excuse spelling, its been a while since sunday school)