Homophobia is not real?

Question

It is one of those politically correct words thought up in recent history? I don't think it exist because if you break down the word it means fear of man, that is ridiculous. We throw words out there against people because they don't agree with a particular lifestyle and people are being villafied for it. I don't agree with the homosexual lifestyle but I do love them as people and don't think they should be harrassed or beaten up because of their choice, which homosexuality is a choice not something you are born into...maybe pushed into by societal forces but not born into.
I just want to tell all those who are choosing to live a homosexual lifestyle that I love them and the Lord loves them. The lord does not hate them, he hates the sin inside them and the fact that they are believing a lie about themselves that was told or demonstrated to them from a very young age.
God Bless,
Miri

Answer 1

This isn't really a question and you can't hate what someone is and still love them. Homosexuality is a part of who someone is and not just what they do.

Answer 2

Uh, if you "break it down" homophobia certainly does NOT mean "fear of man." In the most literal sense, homophobia is "fear of sameness." Homo means "same." This is why a homosexual is someone sexually attracted only to the SAME sex. Get it?

Homosexuality is not a choice--how many times must you idiots be told this? To say homosexuality is a choice, be prepared to refute ALL of the following, at the very least:

Hall, J. A. Y. and D. Kimura, "Dermatoglyphic Asymmetry and Sexual Orientation in Men," Behavioral Neuroscience 108 (1994): 1203-1206.

Hamer, Dean and Peter Copeland. The Science of Desire. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

LeVay, Simon. The Sexual Brain. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1993.

Matthews, John. "Supporting the Biological Link." ASU Research (1994): n. pag. Online. Internet. 4 November 1997.

Wertz, Dorothy C. "Genetics and Homosexuality," The Gene Letter 1 (1996): n. pag. Online. Internet. 4 November 1997.

http://www.apa.org/topics/orientation.html#choice

http://www.psych.org/public_info/HOMOSE~1.HTM

http://www.theatlantic.com/atlantic/issues/97jun/burr2.htm

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_mental_health.html


No, they shouldn't be beaten up or harassed, and I'm glad you agree with that, but why do you think homosexuality is a choice? Could you turn gay for a month, and will yourself to be attracted only to the same sex, and not the opposite sex during that time? Of course not--sexual orientation canNOT be bent by will. Of course, a gay man (for example) could easiliy choose not to HAVE SEX with other men, but that is not 'choosing to be straight,' that is choosing not to act on their desires. If a gay guy stops having sex with other men, that has no effect on the fact that he is still attracted to men. I mean, honestly--by that logic, all virgins are asexual. That's nonsense.

Fools act like homosexuality is a choice because that lie makes it easier for them to label it a "sin," because they'd feel less comfortable about something that's part of the human condition being a sin--they don't want to consider that their belief system is unfair. Well, tough. Sexual orientation is not a choice (feel free to prove me wrong by becoming gay for a month), and calling it a sin is to admit that your god is unjust.

Answer 3

Both on a conscious or sub-conscious level, homophobia surfaces in various ways and can even be internalised

* Homophobic Attitudes
Feelings or convictions that gays and lesbians are abnormal or sick.

* Homophobia-inspired Heterosexism
The false belief that everybody is heterosexual and that only heterosexuality is acceptable and legitimate. This belief is based on the idea that the majority sets the norm.

* Homophobic Language
The use of vocabulary and expressions that can span from jokes to insults.

* Interpersonal Homophobia
Non-verbal displays of being ill-at-ease, feeling unsafe or experiencing fear when in contact with gay men and/or lesbians.

* Institutionalised/Systemic Homophobia
The built-in institutional practice of putting gays and lesbians at a disadvantage.

* Opportunistic Homophobia
Being interested in homosexuality solely for financial or personal gain, and not wanting to be associated with being homosexual or with gay men and lesbians.

* Internalised Homophobia
An often sub-conscious form of homophobia that is a product of education and social values passed down by society' Gay men and lesbians, too, can adopt homophobic behaviour.

* Condoned (passive) Homophobia
Silence or lack of response to acts of homophobic language or behaviour that call for someone to intervene and put an end to them.

* Homophobic Violence
An extreme display of homophobia that leads to violence and can range from verbal assault to hate crimes.


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Answer 4

Homophobia is the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals.[1] It can also mean hatred, hostility, or disapproval of homosexual people, sexual behavior, or cultures, and is generally used to insinuate bigotry.[2] The term homophobic means "prejudiced against homosexual people,"[3] and a person who is homophobic is a homophobe.

The word homophobic, when used to label someone as prejudiced against homosexual people, can be a pejorative term, and the identification of a group or person as homophobic is nearly always contested.The word homophobia was rarely used early in the twentieth century, and it meant "fear or hatred of the male sex or humankind." In this use, the word derived from the Latin root homo (Latin, "man" or "human") with the Greek ending -phobia ("fear").[6]

In its more recent usage, dating from 1969, "homophobia" derives from the -phobia ending applied, not to the Latin root "homo", but to a shortening of homosexual. (Here, homo comes not from the Latin for "man", but from the Greek for "same"; see homosexual.) The word first appeared in print in an article written for the American Time magazine, 31st October edition. [7] It was used by clinical psychologist George Weinberg, who claims to have first thought of it while speaking at a homophile group in 1965, and was popularized by his book Society and the Healthy Homosexual in 1971. When asked about the meaning of the word in a 2002 interview, he said:

"Homophobia is just that: a phobia. A morbid and irrational dread which prompts irrational behavior flight or the desire to destroy the stimulus for the phobia and anything reminiscent of it"

I hope it helps.

Answer 5

Not everyone follows the religion that acknowledges Jesus, FYI. And I believe there is a thing as homophobia. Maybe it should be called something else. But it's real. There are people who are strangely intimidated when around gays as if it's contagious. They can barely think straight when homosexuals are around. That is a phobia.

And you are no scientist so your theory about what someone is born with is moot. Sorry. FYI, did you know that animals practice homosexuality, as well. I'm pretty sure they weren't abused by their fathers or exposed to gay porn or whatever people think makes someone CHOOSE to be gay.

Answer 6

Homosexuality is not a choice. FYI, the prefix "homo" can mean "man" or "same". It's part of the word homosexuality because the person is attracted to the "same" sex.

Answer 7

well, actually, HOMO means SAME. I guess the politically correct people cannot pronounce too many syllables in one word. Maybe the word should actually be homosexophobia, which would mean fear of the same sex. I guess that doesn't do it either. Maybe it should be homosexualophobia, which means fear of homosexuals, but there are too many syllables.

Oh, gee, what to do?

Answer 8

That's not the Latin 'homo' "man", but rather the Greek 'homo' "same". Which turns out to be tremendously appropriate, as 'fear of the same' has that subtext of 'fear that you, yourself, might be gay'.

Answer 9

Well you're the expert aren't you?

Answer 10

seems to me that you carry so much hatted in you how do you call yourself a christian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!