<< To address to the last last line first, I think these subjects are relevant to each other in this case. >>
They are not the same issue.
They are two different cases of the errors of two different men which occurred at two different times and at two different locations.
Given those distinctions, they cannot possibly be the same issue.
<<A bishop who enables those who harm children to harm children more, and fights to keep pedophile priests in the priesthood and then goes out and fires a priest for urging people not to hate homosexuals, has a mixed up set of priorities.>>
That is an issue with one of the two men.
And the priest was not "urging people not to hate homosexuals" which is 100% in harmony with the teaching of the Catholic church. He was promoting alleged "gay rights" including the right for practicing homosexuals to enter into the blessed state of matrimony. That is 100% contrary to the teachings of the Catholic church. By his actions, the priest promoted sin which leads to death. The Bishop's action was appropriate.
The Bishop's failure to deal with the pedophile is separate issue.
<< Jesus put a high value on the welfare of children, and never uttered a word about gays that is recorded anywhere. >>
You are wrong. Jesus said, "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." (Mat 5:18) The definition of homosexual acts as a sin worthy of death is explicitly defined in the Law.
<< The teaching of the Roman church may not be what Father Warren and I might wish it was, but it is also not that we should hate homosexuals. >>
What you and Father Warred wish is not relevant.
Promoting sin which would lead to people being condemned to hell IS an act of hatred no matter how warm and fuzzy it feels.
<< The priest's tweet said "No H8", not "I'm for gay marriage". The catechism says gays should be treated with "respect, sensitivity, and compassion". This story has evolved since this thread was started months ago, but certainly at the time we began discussing this, what the priest had tweeted was not in contrast to what Rome has said on this issue.>>
Did the tweet simply say "No H8" without reference to any other ongoing conversation.? Was it said in a vacuum? Of course not. By removing the two word tweet from its context you misrepresent its ultimate meaning. It was not simply a message encouraging people to "Love your neighbor as yourself." It was the advocacy of behavior which is specifically defined as detestable by scripture and condemned by the Church which appropriately brought about his dismissal.
According to the article linked above, "Reverend Warren Hall, a Catholic priest who ministered Seton Hall University sports teams, is claiming he's been fired for publicly supporting LGBT rights on Facebook."
Fr. Warren's claim is that he was "publicly supporting LGBT rights on Facebook." To say that is simply a single tweet of "No H8" is disingenuous.
<<I am not sure what the teaching of the Eastern Orthodox Church is on this subject, but I would imagine that you do not teach your parishioners to hate gays either, right, Father? In the words of the savior: "Hate the sin, not the sinner", yes?>>
Again, it was not that Fr. Warren was preaching love for all mankind; he was endorsing and promoting so-called "gay rights" which is the legitimizing of sin leading to death.
<< I'll admit, I am to the left of the official teachings of both of these venerable churches on this issue. I believe in love and equality for people in consensual relationships, whether gay or straight.>>
Then you call blessed what God has called accursed. That is heresy.
<< However, simply speaking out against hatred of gays and lesbians is not to the left of either church. All churches in the Apostolic tradition teach against hate, as Christ did, don't they? >>
They certainly did and do. And that is NOT the issue. That is how you have distorted the issue to make it appear more palatable and even reasonable. But, under no circumstances, is encouraging people to continue in sin which will lead them to hell ever anything but hateful. What you propose is no different from encouraging people to continue to be pedophiles or drunkards or thieves or liars. All those sins lead to an eternity separated from God. I do not "love" a thief, or a drunkard, or an pedophile or a homosexual by condoning, supporting, encouraging and enabling his/her behavior.
Luke 17:1-2 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble."
Jesus is talking to those who want to call themselves "Christian" but also encourage the deadly sin of homosexual acts. That is what you are doing.
Please believe the scripture and the teaching of the Church rather than the tyranny or your own reasoning.
Proverbs 14:12; 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.