When the gay lifestyle is disagreed with, why is it called "homophobic" when there is no fear (phobia)?

Question

When the gay lifestyle is disagreed with, why is it called "homophobic" when there is no fear (phobia)?

Answer 1

"homophobes" has been altered to include anyone who disagrees whith that lifestyle, especially Christians that not only disagree but think its a sin and also should be morally and socially unacceptable. It is ok to disagree with something in America isn't it? Freedom of speech works both ways still...

Answer 2

A phobia is a fear and/or dislike of something.



BTW - a study that measured the erectile response of college aged males, found that those who experienced a significant response while viewing homosexual video clips were exclusively those who were categorised as homo-phobes via a previous questionaire. They also all answered a verbal question after viewing the video saying that they had no arousal response, despite it just having been measured.



It would seem most homo-phobes are struggling with some internal issues of their own.

Answer 3

Is is a poor choice of terminology used incorrectly (and ironically) which has become widely used. It was probably originally used to redicule and insult the masculinity of any male opposed to the acceptance of the gay lifestyle.