2007-01-31 22:58:45 · 21 answers · asked by kevin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Perhaps because in the U.S. we actually voted for people like this bigot !
"We've got to have some common sense about a disease transmitted by people deliberately engaging in unnatural acts."
"When lawlessness is abroad in the land, the same thing will happen here that happened in Nazi Germany. Many of those people involved with Adolph Hitler were Satanists, many of them were homosexuals--the two things seem to go together."
--Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC), on why he opposed approval of the Ryan White CARE act, which funds AIDS research
Or the fact that U.S Govt. actually supports this Cristian !
"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians."
--Pat Robertson at the 1992 Republican National Convention
2007-01-31 23:16:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
Religion. Greeks and Romans thought that gay relationships were normal parts of human sexuality, until Christianity spread and imposed its Jewish-based mores on European society.
Listen to most homophobic arguments, I mean the articulate ones, and they are all based on religious beliefs handed down from conservative religions, especially Evangelical Protestants, Mormons, Orthodox Jews, Catholics and Muslims.
I was raised Mormon and most of what the LDS Church teaches about gays is based on stereotyping and shows a deep ignorance about human sexuality and homosexual individuals.
2007-01-31 23:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by AxelMTA 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well besides the Judeo-Christian and Muslim ideologies. Everyone goes through that homo erotic phase, whether they admit or not, and sometimes I think the GLBT community is looked down upon because everyone doesn't know why they "didn't get out of the phase".
2007-02-01 00:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. Lack of knowledge.
2. Narrow-mindedness and closed mindedness.
3. Stereotypical notions.
4. Religions
5. Self-righteousness.
From there derived all the fear, prejudice, judgement, hatred, uneasiness and rejections in the society.
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2007-01-31 23:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
It's mostly a learned prejudice. I would point a finger at Christianity, in the States. But Christianity has such a deathgrip on things here that society at large reinforces this hatred.
2007-01-31 23:04:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Ignorance, Uneducated people , Lack of tolerance or differences,
2007-02-01 01:24:53 · answer #6 · answered by nygayart 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance, bad experiences in the past, personal beliefs.
2007-01-31 23:02:28 · answer #7 · answered by Rae-Rae Nikkoles <3 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people do not like differences in other people
2007-02-01 02:18:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prejudice is simply the act of judging before trial. If I see a physically attractive woman, and I conclude that she would make a good wife, I am being prejudiced.
To conclude, based entirely on a straight person's conclusions, without having ever put that straight person to a trial, that the straight person is prejudiced, is itself prejudice. Gay people are among the most prejudiced of people who exist. They judge what is in a man's heart before they ever even consider his reasoning. The more I attempt to communicate with gays, the less respect I have for them. Gays will never assimilate into mainstream society. And it is entirely their loss.
2007-01-31 23:23:46 · answer #9 · answered by Joey L 1 · 1⤊ 7⤋
There are probably no simple causes of homophobia.
Often, when you're scared -- especially of something you actually know nothing about -- hatred is a natural reaction.
2007-01-31 23:01:27 · answer #10 · answered by Kedar 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋