Why are the gays so hateful?
357954
Homosexuality is wrong and shouldn't be praised.  I know we all have choices, and unfortunately, some of us make wrong ones.  Not agreeing with homosexuality doesn't mean I "hate". I just disagree with it, and I'm allowed to express it just like someone who agrees with it does. \n    I've been hit on by many gays, and I even have gay friends.  So, I'm not unaccustomed to it. I had a gay brother and uncle and both passed away from the disease called aids.  Now, like I said, I have gay friends.  We can  chat, laugh, joke, etc but, whenever they got serious and asked me how I felt about homosexuality I told them, I don't agree with it. I explained to them that you can love a person and still hate what they do. Lastly, one of the things that really bothers me is how "some" gay people use "race" to support their beliefs. They often paralleled their persecutions with the persecutions blacks have had. Being gay is a "choice" and if need be, can be concealed. Being black or white is "not a choice" and cannot be concealed. Stop using "race" a crutch for a choice situation.
1099953
Since there is no god and no hell...no.\nThose people's special "hell" is living a life of bigotry and fear, with all of the ignorance that goes along with it.  They are so homophobic because they fear that they themselves might be gay if given the chance, so they attack what they fear.  A life full of fear and anger is not a life well-lived...that's their punishment.
731359
I think why people do things like that is because they are scared to be who they really are for fear of being thrown of "normal" society.  All it is, is insecure people trying to be the opposite of gay to try and throw people off.  I mean come on, you know how many bashers I knew in high school that I saw at gay clubs a few years later?
1119230
The gay movement is aggressive against holy things: like marriage, people who say it's a sin, etc.  It is only natural to be wary of them because they want to start a war....they have already.\n\nMy point is, if there is any phobia, isn't it their doing?\n\nShould they just live their lives without forcing the rest of society to call what they do "good?"
1008322
Different reasons:\n\n*They've been taught to hate them\n*They are hypocrites who claim to love God but ignore his word to love one another and not judge\n*They fear what they don't understand\n*They focus only on the sexual aspect of the relationship refusing to understand that there is much more to any relationship, gay or straight\n*They believe that all gays/lesbians fit into stereotypes and don't realize that there are gays and lesbians in every walk of life and you find them in all kinds of families - even the so-called "conservative" ones.\n*They don't realize that if all of the gays and lesbians had never been born many of the masterpieces of Literature, Art and Film would NEVER have been created\n*They are afraid that if they allow themselves to like a gay or lesbian person it might mean they too are gay and would suffer being ostracized\n*They are just unhappy, hateful people who need somebody or some group to hate
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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.
782046
I think you will find that the majority of gay bashers are men and women who try to bash it out of others because they can't get it out of themselves.\n\nsad but true\n\nthe harder the line, the more gay they are
706622
Serj, do you not detect a smidgen on gay hate in some of these answers?  I do.  I have never been harmed by gays, approached but never accosted.  I think all they want is to be recognized as equals as human beings.  This I grant them.
797781
I'm straight but I have alot of gay friends.  I like to answer questions in this category for three reasons:  1) the questions are usually more interesting than in alot of other categories, 2) to show my support and 3) I like to try to give helpful advice particularly to young gay people who are struggling.  I have a theory about these "heteros" who constantly bash, harass and make disparaging remarks about gay people.  To me the ones that scream the loudest in their opposition to homosexuality are either religious zealots or self-loathing, paranoid closet queens.  Most straight people, even ones uncomfortable with homosexuality, don't make such a big deal about it.
654044
They believe they are doing acts of freedom and passion. But morally, they are doing something that is wrong. I am not against a homosexual person; I am, however, against their acts of immorality.\n\nAs in the Bible, love the sinner but hate the sin. I can love the person but hate what they do in their life.
434372
People hate anything that is different and they are not educated on.  If you only know gay people as being sex addicts spreading disease then you probably wouldn't like them...or if you thought all black people were in gangs..you'd probably get nervous being around them...Being uneducated causes more hate in the world then I think anything else.
327747
I love it when people say we chose to be gay.  Like you I knew I liked boys over girls when I was around 5 years old.  It hurts, thanks to these ignorant people who are afraid of us.\nJust think, one day when I was a very little boy, I knew that people hated homosexuals.  I woke up one morning and said that I wanted to be in a group that the majority of the people hate, so that I would be ridiculed and beat up every chance they could get on me.  Tell me that isn't ignorant.  What kid would wake up and think that?  Keep in mind that every child wants to fit in.  It is human nature to bind together.\nMy belief is that in today's society with the laws stating that you cannot hit anyone that is of other race lest you be called a prejudice jerk.  Homosexuals are not normally included in these laws.  Because people can no longer hate others for being African-American, Asian, Mexican, etc they take it out on Homosexuals.\nBesides, studies have shown that the people that really hate homosexuals, are that way because they are afraid they might be one too.  Think about it. Oh and BTW, it is genetic, my uncle is gay too, and no he didn't do anything to me when I was a child to make me gay.
1009978
Because currently, it is a very taboo subject.\nPeople are scared of the unknown and things they don't understand, so to cover up for their ignorance they mock and disrespect gays.\n\nPeople can be real dumb sometimes.
345666
Beacuse you're so hateful?
543762
I'm not sure... I was the victim of a gay bashing on Christmas Morning, 2005. And since I live in western Nebraska, I really was not sure what to do. If I had made a stink out of it and got the police involved, I more than likely would have been subjected to it again. Maybe gay bashing is done by those who are too chicken shite to admit they really are gay, so they hate those of us who are out of the closet and fear that we will drag them kicking and screaming into the world of Gayness. lol.
824442
I sense  Latent Homosexual tendencies in the askers questions....what he hates/fears in gay men...is something he hates/fears in himself....he should get honest with himself
59340
They have trouble with maintaining healthy trusting relationships with others. If they were abussed by somebody of the same sex then they canot make frieds of the same sex as they tend to be Homophobic.They get real confused because they were molested by a preacher and then other preachers say that if you have homosexual sex it is an adomination and you will go to hell.