Religious Politics - Use of the term "Homophobic" (door-to-door, homosexuality)

[Pah]

Originally Posted by Pah

I'll disagree with you that it does not matter that a prime argument to deny same-sex marriage, marriage, not your idea of civil union. It makes the stridency of homophobic opposition that much clearer.

As response.

Rubbish, and offensive rubbish @ that: homophobic means "fear of homosexuality" and you flatter yourself and your community if you think this of anyone who disagrees with you. Talk like this doesn't make friends, only enemies. Perhaps someone less polite and reasonable than me will make this clear to you eventually. If not, you'll sink yourself and your so-called equality agenda without any opposition @ all if you keep that attitude.

Curtesy of another poster

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary
Main Entry: ho·mo·pho·bia
Pronunciation: "hO-m&-'fO-bE-&
Function: noun
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals

So which of the three is to be considered offensive when "homophobia" is uttered.

Some folks who use the line "Talk like this doesn't make friends" are quite often guilty of whatever declaration is being made.

It is also obvious that the hatred identified in street and door-to-door interviews is also homphobic in the sense that the first poster meant.

People who are homophobic are not the target of the campaigian to reach equality. We seek to find people who understand the term and are for equality and we find these to be in the majority.

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