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Originally Posted by OldJeff
One of my pet peeves is the incorrect use of the word bigot....
One that dislikes gays is not a bigot, might not even be a homophobe, since "phobe" means fear.
Dislike of someone because of race makes one a racist.
To be a bigot one needs to dislike somone because of religion.
They are not interchangable.
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In one sense I agree with you. I am personally VERY TURNED OFF by the thought of homosexual sex. But I have had lots of gay friends and they are some of the nicest people I know. They knew about my views but weren't offended; they felt the same way about heterosexual sex. It is OK to think that homosexual sex is wrong, but that is where it needs to end -- with you. The reason I detest the religious right so much is that they go out of their way to lobby the government to deny same sex couples the same rights they enjoy. What two people do in the privacy of their own bedroom is NONE OF MY FUCKING BUSINESS. It is not for me to tell others what to do with their lives. It pisses me off that right wing groups are so up in arms about hate crimes legislation. They claim it will permit the government to prosecute them for speaking out against homosexuality from the pulpit. They say gays don't NEED extra protection. When I was in grad school, one of my gay friends left a gay bar alone and was pulled over by two rednecks who followed him. They proceeded to bash his skull in and send him to the hospital. These right wing idiots don't have a fucking clue.