I guess so...if you want the homophobes to be like "Oh yeah! We think what you're doing is really weird and we don't like it, but we're going to vote for you to be able to do it anyways just so we don't look like douchebags."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well it's not for an image. My friend feels uncomfortable around homosexuals but she accepts them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I believe gay marriage is wrong; however, I believe homosexuals are still people and deserve to be treated like anyone else. I will not look down on someone because they are homosexual, but I still think marriage is between a man and a woman. Call me crazy, but I stand beside what the bible says and Catholic teachings.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I perfectly respect your opinion but that's not what I was referring to in the post (sorry if you already knew that).

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You believe they should be treated like everyone else? Well, everyone else has the right to marry the one they love. Yes, I will call you crazy if you think the words of our savior are overruled by the words of random straight men from ancient Egypt.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Technically, marriage is not a "right". I support gay marriage, don't get me wrong, it's just that the word "right" is inaccurate. If somebody never meets their 'true love' or 'soul mate', or what ever form of life partner you believe in, that does not necessarily mean they are being deprived of their rights. Also, if two people are in love, and one does not want to get married, the other does not have the "right" to marry them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's all true, but if two people are in love and both want to get married, they have the right to do so if they're opposite genders. Straight people have the right to marry the one they love under certain circumstances (which do not include where you live), and so should gay people.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I am also a Christian and I also follow the bible. I used to believe that homosexuality was sin, as it was stated to be a sin in the bible, until I began to notice and read about all the things we do today that the bible condemns (eating certain kinds of food, wearing a certain color of clothing, treating women/a group of people a certain way etc.) and I realized that as our society progressed we began to drop some biblical mandates we believed were discriminatory or unfair or just plain unnecessary for our day and age. I believe that homosexuality condemnation should be one of the mandates that is suppressed on account of our developing civilization because not giving a gay or lesbian person the same rights as a straight person is just as bad as not giving women the same rights as men or not giving people of colored skin the same rights as people of non-colored skin and we have since outlawed those types of prejudice. Sorry for the rant/long post.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I guess it depends on your definition of "homophobia". I always think of it as people who don't support or like homosexuality. But, I guess it would be more accurate to look at it as a true "phobia", where the person is truly scared or uncomfortable around gays.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I guess, since there's lots of different types of homophobia. And gay rights is more interested in institutionalised homophobia, that is, laws and legislation that treats same-sex couples inferior to opposite sex ones. But there's still social homophobia, that is, you support homosexual rights because of your own sense of equality, but you don't actually like homosexuals.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You can be gay and still be homophobic.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Does it affect me? No. Does it affect them? Yes. Does it affect them in a good way? Yes. .:I will support gay marriage.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I've always wondered whether there was a such thing as heterophobia.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm sure there must be. I once saw a comment by a lesbian who seemed to really really hate all men and straight girls and had a disdain for all hetero relationships. So I guess there is, it's just less common.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Both are disgusting. Then again, lesbian porn makes me question my sexuality. *totally unrelated*

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's as easy as seeing all your friends support them so doing the same yourself in order to stay on trend, but saying that that new romantic comedy looks ultra gay or assuming that a girl //must// be a dyke because she rejected you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well... I guess so. By homophobic do you mean literally afraid of gay people, like being afraid of heights or spiders? Or just believing that being gay is wrong?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I like to believe that I'm an accepting person, and that I completely accept gay people. I once had this modeling opportunity (we found out later that it was a scam) and in the makeup room, there was a hair stylist that was gay. I'm straight, but even my gaydar poked this guy up. So he acted really weird and girly (not in a sassy GBF way, it was actually super uncomfortable). And the while time, I was thinking, "get this guy away from me, he's freaking me out". And later on I felt so so bad. I consider that homophobia.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When I wrote this post I was referring to my friend who is uncomfortable around gays and lesbians but still believes they should have equal rights.

by Anonymous 12 years ago