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Homophobe *should* be applied to those who do not wish to associate with
homosexuals - why else would one make a blanket rejection of such an otherwise diverse group of people as being unworthy of association, based solely on their sexual behavior, except because of a deep-seated fear or hatred for that behavior? And I have never heard anyone ever advocate extra rights for gays, only for those rights and protections that will shield them from the negative effects of other's prejudicial reactions to them. You may not personally wish to have a black person as the scoutmaster of the local scout troop, your opposition based solely on his race, but the law prevents that irrational prejudice from impacting on the selection of the scoutmaster. Homosexuals are only asking for (and rightfully deserve) the same legal protections against the consequences of similar irrational prejudices against their sexuality. "Tom S." wrote in message ... "Gary L. Drescher" wrote in message news:FjM%a.167464$Ho3.19211@sccrnsc03... "C J Campbell" wrote in What a ludicrous accusation. Please cite a single documented instance anywhere of an activist using the term "homophobe" to describe "anyone who is not a homosexual" (as opposed to describing those with 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). You better extend it to people that do not wish to associate with homosexuals, as well as anyone not willing to grant that EXTRA rights, as well as other ambiguous terms that fall in when persuasion runs into coercion. |
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