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why do so many people hate gay people? They are the same as everybody else, just they have a different opinion on who they find attractive.

Answer 1

Maybe because secretly they want that kind of life, but they can't have it and are jealous of the one who can. After all they are free to choose as well as anyone. But they are to chicken to give it a try. I always wondered myself if I wouldn't be happier that way myself. It is something to think about.

Answer 2

Humans have an inherent need to vent their frustrations through hatred & hurt and quite frankly certain Christians-Muslims-Jews-Etc Sanction Hatred by preaching that any sexual activity that does not produce children is wrong sinful evil. Spilling seed in anyplace but the vagina in the hope it will fertilize an egg has always stressed out groups who fear they will be out numbered by others races and/or ethnic groups. A lot of the backlash against Gays is that many of the groups traditionally hated in America were suddenly viewed as 'o-k' therefore whereas thirty years ago an angry teenager might scream a word with an N for a black person or a word with a W for an Italian etc, nowadays that angry person screams "F - - - -t" or an abreviated version. Maybe as a society we should concentrate on purging hatred then maybe the rest of the equation will resolve itself. Peace.

Answer 3

It is called discrimination and ignorance - these people have no respect for anyone that is different from their world view of how everyone should be. They are misguided and angry people that express the dissatisfaction in their own lives by focusing the internal hate and frustration they feel with themselves onto others that are different from them.

I am gay and I am a christian (no I am not a 'religious" person - and yes there is a difference). I spent many years studying the bible and have found no where in it where God commands us to hate or discriminate anyone.

Answer 4

In our society, most people appear to be straight, and the gay population is a minority. This has translated over the years to a belief that there is something wrong with being gay. There isn't anything wrong with it, but much of society thinks so.

So a lot of people fear and therefore show something that looks like hate towards us, because we awaken a feeling within of something bad. They fear that if they accept us, others might identify them as gay. They fear that we might waken within them something from a dream or a fantasy that would make them seem gay. They fear that one of us might strike up a relationship with their son or daughter, and "make" that person gay. We know most if not all of this is irrational, but it is frightening to them all the same.
We just need to continue to let people know us for who we are, and in time (but I'm as impatient as the next gay person in waiting) this will be diminished.

Answer 5

I have some very dear friends that are gay. Some are couples that have been together longer than my non gay friends. They seem to enjoy each others company, and the company of other couples. They don't cheat on each other they are truly in love. I can go out for the evening with a gay friend and have a great time. I have never experienced the gay bashing when I am out with my gay friends. And they treat me with respect. As one of my dear friends who is gay said she can go for dinner with me and know I don't expect any thing at the end of the night. I also have friends that are homosexual, they are a very nice group of guys to hang out with. I am a straight person with a variety of friends.

Answer 6

people fear what they don't understand, and some misrepresent/misinterpret the bible as the basis for their hatred.usually you really hate things in other people that you dislike in yourself, so some of the worst gay bashers are closeted gay people.plus the church the government and many politicians encourage all this trauma to keep everyone busy arguing so they can rape the environment , rob us blind, and basically trample the constitution. Jesus was about loving everyone but his teachings have become bastardized by extremists hopefully humanity will learn to embrace the differences and finally evolve to a higher state of consciousness

Answer 7

Is it hate that people feel? Or is it that alot of people don't accept the idea that individuals should have special rights based on their sexual preference. If that were the case, shouldn't special rights be granted to traditional couples who have remained married to their spouse for more than 30 years? Wouldn't they too be considered a minority in today's society?

Answer 8

It is sad that people are that way, but it is a two way street. Many gay people persecute non gays. I had a group of lesbians make fun of me and my wife, when we weren't even bothering them. But they were fat and ugly, and often that has got something to do with it. Another reason people persecute gays is because someone rewrote passages in the bible. In some versions of the bible, it talks about people who are immoral, while in modern translations it says gays. So someone rewrote passages for whatever reason to include Gays.

Answer 9

The perversion of the holy scriptures against gays are only partly to blame. Gays share as much responsibility There is so much hatred and anger for gays because the immoral minority of us like to put our perversions in the face of society. Have you been to a gay pride parade. Other ethnic groups have family friendly activities at thier parades. Gays do not.

To quote Gay Radio Personality Steve Yuhas
(who is a conservative & highly critical of the gay community's antics): ''
As your streets are closed off this summer to make way for men in dresses and dyk*s on bikes along with the men in thongs contorting themselves into odd poses on floats – keep in mind that gays are doing this on their own and painting their own community with the stereotypes that they are demanding so many pretend are just slander by religious people and those “out of the mainstream.” Remind them that you saw it in their parade, at their rally and during the time when they were in the spotlight in a festival that they created and generated for themselves and the world to see. That won’t shut them up or stop them from complaining, but it may give them cause to think a little bit about the consequences of their behavior.

What an interesting world we live in – gays keep the stereotypes of gayness going and normal people get disciplined for endorsing them. Typically parades and protests are meant to change minds: marches against abortion are used to stop abortion, marches against taxes are used to stop the increase of taxes, but only in the world of f@gs, dyk*s and que*rs are marches used to put on display the stereotypes of being gay demanding legislation against exactly the same thing: Political Science 101 – if you want someone to stop calling you a f@g – stop calling yourself one first.

“Watch my parade, endorse the political positions on my signs, but forget what I’m actually doing or what I look like because if you don’t – you’re an intolerant bigot.” Only gays could get away with that and luckily, since they’ve been doing the same thing for 30 years without success in their cause, most people in the real world understand the hypocrisy and ignore it. ''

- Steve Yuhas is a GAY columnist and radio talk show host on KOGO AM 600 based in San Diego. He may be reached at [e-mail] or www.steveyuhas.com

Answer 10

It's mostly due to ignorance.

People are always afraid of what they don't understand, and unfortunately our society was a breeding ground for homophobia.

We just need to put ourselves around other people who don't hate us, and accept us for who we are. It's not always possible, but, ultimitely, our sexuality is private, and not everyone in our lives need know about who we sleep with.

Things are getting better though, slowly, but getting there. It's sort of three steps forward two steps back...