"Gary L. Drescher" wrote in message news:FjM%

...Please cite a single documented instance
anywhere of an activist using the term "homophobe" to describe "anyone who
is not a homosexual"

I don't think you'll find any. The term "homophobe" has been usurped by
homosexual activists to refer to anyone who does not specifically support
the homosexual activist agenda; fear of homosexuals (which is what the word
means) has nothing to do with it. In similar fashion, the words "gay" and
"holocaust" have been pre-empted to apply to groups or events that have no
connection whatsoever with the meaning of the word in use.


...an explicitly
anti-gay agenda--that is, an agenda that denies gay people a variety of
rights that are taken for granted by straight people

No, an anti-homosexual agenda would be one that actively and aggressively
persecutes that group, which is not happening in any sort of general way.
Rights are not granted, they simply exist, and are enumerated by our
founding documents and subsequent laws. Homosexuals that are US citizens
have the same guaranteed rights as all citizens of the US. Privileges,
benefits, and other desirable sorts of positionings not guaranteed to anyone
may be earned, or granted, or withdrawn by governments, agencies, employers,
schools, clubs, or organizations, etc., based on that group's perception of
the greater good for the society as a whole. That is the debate currently
ongoing, a part of which I support. But, for God's sake, you serve no cause
well by *******izing the language and redefining terms to suit your purpose.

JG