Sorry Michelle, you're not going to be permitted to get away with that. You don't get to hide behind your book. You've made a personal decision to stand behind that book but that is precisely what makes you complicit with the bigotry it enshrines. It isn't a shield you can protect your own bigotry with. By respecting it, by declaring it to be your guide, by stating that it represents the will of a divinity you worship, you become a supporter of what it contains. And I'm going to hold you personally responsible for that.
Imagine I am a Maoist. I make a public declaration based on a quotation from the Little Red Book. Let's say I repeat Mao's claim that the socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system, and that furthermore this is an objective law independent of man's will. You find the view expressed in this quotation to be immoral and offensive. You call me out on it. I say, "Hey, I'm a Maoist. It says in the Little Red Book - which I didn't write - that the socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system, and this is an objective law independent of man's will. " Is that okay, then? That absolves me of responsibility for repeating the view? My being a Maoist who regards the words of Mao as being peerless jewels of universal political wisdom ought to protect me from any personal criticism or repercussions for expressing his opinions publicly? And it in no way implies my tacit support for those opinions?
Grow up, Michelle. Own your bigotry. Face up to the fact that your beliefs are your choice, and you are responsible for the choices you make. We all are. We are not children; we are not witless automata controlled by forces entirely outside our control. You chose to believe in a book chock full of lies, myths and ancient tribal moral nastiness. You chose to support that, to declare it to be truth, to find it admirable. You're a guilty bastard, Michelle, and now you get to reap your karma. Actions have consequences. Choices matter. Enjoy the death of your career.
