IF you do not like homosexuals why is it agenst the law to say so?
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because it is said that being homosexual is a freedom .. what a crap
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No, but maybe you can sue them for being homophobic!
919500
A lot of people have strong religious feeling about homosexuals. Several religions call for dealing with it by execution. Other end of the spectrum, some religions institutionalize it. None consider it a normal way of life.\n\nI have never met anyone who was "homophobic" rather they find homosexuals to be unclean, i.e. what the Old Testament calls abominations. The "homophobia" thing is an attempt to gain recognition as normal peopl being discriminated against like a racial or cultural minority group.\n\nI sympathize with you, I spent 30 years working in an institution that considered all but an inner clique of morons to be less than human (U.S.Gov't).\n\nRejection always hurts, the fact that it is prolonged and sanctioned by society does not make it easier to bear.
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Becuase that is insulting, and rude, Thats like walking up to a person of another race and using "hate" words to them, like racial slurs etc. its the same concept. It offends them. And maybe they aren't completely out of the closet, and have only told a few people, and you calling them gay is sending a signal, to them that they can nont trust you.
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http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/discrim/11940res20050908.html\n\nThis site has the best explaination. Gays/lesbians are specifically NOT protected under the law. It is a bit of case history as well.
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Because there are people who constantly badger the gov't to change the laws according to their personal agendas.  ie: the gay agenda, etc.
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i don't think that if someone defends the right of gay people he/she is gay, I'm not gay and live in a country where their rights are not respected and i don't like it but can't say that I've done a lot to change it but it's also very, very hard!
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You can marry the person you love and want to spend the rest of your life with, while they can't. Laws against same-sex marriage impose an arbitrary, and essentially religious view of marriage on people who do not believe in it, for no reason other than to maintain the status quo. It is ridiculous to say that you have the same rights because you can't marry someone of the same sex either; you obviously don't want to.
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the funny thing is, the original text of the OLD testament didn't say anything about homosexuality being a sin either. the part that's commonly translated to say "a man should not lie with another man as he would lie with a woman, that is detestable" was originally mistranslated on PURPOSE when some homophobic church leaders got together to write the king james version...the original hebrew text translates to "a man should not lie with another man in a woman's bed, that is unclean". so basically there's no restriction on who can have sex with whom, just where they are allowed to do it.
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Some heterosexuals think homosexuality is not normal. Well I've got new for them big time: it's natural. The human species is one of the rare species with so few homosexuals. More than 450 animals and bugs engage in homosexual, or bisexual sex. It's normal. Humans just have a way of thinking that was isn't exactly the same as them is evil, and is to be condemned.\n\nNobody has the right to say love is a crime. Besides, no one can really help falling in love. You don't exactly choose with whom you fall in love with, either. And, most importantly, you fall in love with a person, not a gender.\n\nPeople need to be shown tolerance more. Not just homophobes. Everyone. Every human being that hates without a valuable reason.
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Well if you are ashamed of something oyu do, then you probably shouldn't have doneit in the first place. The least you can do is be honest about it. Punishment and consequences take place for a reason, but that mainly applies to crime. As far as the hypothetical homosexual situation goes, that would make you a selfish coward comparing yourself to the open people who love themselves and are proud, but who take the insults from ignorant rednecks who have yet to die. It is denying who you are. Why would you want to do that?
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It could be if you break a law or cover up his crime. It does mean you support crime by not speaking out against it weather you like it or not-which makes that person less moral. \n Laws were made to protect the majority of the people living in an area. Those who don't support them due to a selfish feeling of their own (and that would include what you want) are encouraging lawlessness.\n Throughout history where lawlessness prevailed many innocent got hurt-that is why we made laws. If you don't like the laws than get the majority to change them\nlegally. This is the right way to protect all. So yes-supportors are hurting many.
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I wish I could give you a straight answer.  I am like you, I love meeting new people of all races, ethnicities, genders, I like everyone.  Society is too closed minded.  Saying homosexuality is a sin so we should hate gays is ludacris.  If Christians hate gays because they sin then shouldn't they hate alcoholics, rapists, murderers, all other religions, democrates, just the same?  Shouldn't they put forth just as much anger and protest against these groups as well? People who hate homosexuals have ill logic.  We as open minded people need to set the standard and put morons in their place.
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I really don't care one way or another.I'm not interested in\nother people's sex lives. As long as noone gets hurt,homosexuals have every right to express themselves.\nHowever,the fact is we live in a homophobic society so they can expect repercussions.
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As a married Heterosexual male, I have been wondering the same thing.  How does it effect us, and since it doesn't why do we think we have the right to tell gay people that they can't enjoy the same rights as us.  They pay taxes too, what ever happened to "taxation without representation"  I say Homosexuals should stop paying taxes untill they are afforded the same rights as us Heterosexuals.  They can't arrest every gay person in the country and If they tried,  It would be a hate crime in my eyes.  And I don't wanna hear "But the bible says..."  I am a Christian and I have two things to say about that 1) Let he who has no sin cast the first stone.  It's not our place to Judge.  2) Amendment 1.  We can't force people to follow Christian values because it is garunteed in the constitution.  Let em get married it aint gonna hurt you none.
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Heterosexual people defend homosexual marriage because it's the morally correct thing to do.  It's immoral to deny another adult a right that you yourself enjoy.  Besides, if marriage is such a great thing, as GWB and others like to point out, then why on Earth wouldn't they want more of it?  It doesn't even make sense.
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A homosexual is defined as someone who is romantically and sexually attracted to the same gender.\n\nThe key words there are "romantically" and "sexually". If a straight guy has sex with someone of the same gender, the action may be a homosexual action, but that doesn't necessarily change the persons orientation. They may only do it once and never again and there may have been circumstances (like alcohol or drugs, etc) to explain the otherwise odd behavior. The rest of the time the guy always has sex with the opposite sex and persues romantic relationships with the opposite sex. That makes him heterosexual. If he prefers to engage in both sex and romantic relationships with both genders that would make him bisexual and depending on the degree of his bisexuality would determine which gender he prefered to seek out most (man or woman). If a homosexual man decides not to engage in any sexual action, that doesn't mean the desire to has gone away. Nor does that mean that the man's desire to be romantic with another man has gone away either (and oddly the Bible and other sacred texts often used to condemn homosexuality only talk about the sexual act, but not the romantic act...apparently it's okay to be romantic with your own gender). \n\nThat is why it is odd when people say things like "hate the sin, but love the sinner" and then call homosexuality a sin. They simplify homosexuality often down to the action of sex with the same gender.....yet, these same people who say that this is the sin will then continue to condemn the person for simply having the homosexual desires still even if they are not engaging in sexual acts. \n\nThe basic thing that most people miss is that being homosexual isn't just about wanting to just have sex with someone of the same gender. It is about being romantically attracted to the same gender, too. Falling in love with the same gender. Sex may never actually enter into the picture of some homosexuals who are in romantic and loving relationships....yet they are condemned and told they are going to hell because it is assumed that they are having sex or assumed that just by them sharing love with each other that this is wrong (yet, do we not love our friends and family, too...and yet loving friends and family of the same gender is not wrong, why is it wrong when we find a romantic companion whom we may not even engage in sexual acts with?)\n\n\nI see a lot of hypocrisy with the issue and being a homosexual myself, I decided to stop caring about what other people think and focus my life on God without them and their opinions (because if hypocrisy exists in their opinions, then it cannot be from God). I'm a Hindu now, a religion that is very diverse and ranges on its views. When it comes to homosexuality, any condemnation that some Hindu sects have of it isn't based upon religious belief, it is usually about defending tradition or other reasons.