JGC:

Why don't we see the same righteous indignation and fanatical call to arms over real human suffering that we see over what ultimately is simply a question of personal taste which harms no one?

You make a mistake in your last statement; believers clearly feel that your 'question of personal taste' does cause great harm, as seen here. Granted, their views are not reality-based, they have no standing in a reasonable argument. As for why they seem to care less about 'real' human suffering...I don't give them much credit for trying to alleviate suffering. What they are about is control, not comfort.

On the September 18, 2006, edition of National Public Radio's Fresh Air, host Terry Gross said to Hagee, "You said after Hurricane Katrina that it was an act of God, and you said 'when you violate God's will long enough, the judgment of God comes to you. Katrina is an act of God for a society that is becoming Sodom and Gomorrah reborn.' " She then asked, "Do you still think that Katrina is punishment from God for a society that's becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah?" Hagee responded:

HAGEE: All hurricanes are acts of God, because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they are -- were recipients of the judgment of God for that. The newspaper carried the story in our local area that was not carried nationally that there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came. And the promise of that parade was that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other Gay Pride parades. So I believe that the judgment of God is a very real thing. I know that there are people who demur from that, but I believe that the Bible teaches that when you violate the law of God, that God brings punishment sometimes before the day of judgment. And I believe that the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans.

I suppose one could argue John Hagee's point in that the hurricane probably cancelled the gay pride parade, sort of a pre-emptive punishment (shades of Iraq) and that his god is not very precise in his approach; but his is a god of grand gestures, I suppose. Grand, genocidal, maniacal gestures. Could explain a lot about their behavior with that sort of example.