Why do so many people hate Gays and Bisexuals?
473020
Society has a "NORM"... anything that falls outside of that very small box is something to be afraid of.  Hate stems from fear.  Gays and Bisexuals fall outside of the box along with goths, handicaps, people with blue hair, cleft lips, chicks with spikes, people who don't wear shoes, camel toe, albinos, big frizzy hair, lisps or stuttering, and the list goes on...\n\nIt's not that there is anything wrong with these things if you really think about it... it's just an initial reaction and most people don't think beyond it.
210223
People who are sexually attracted to people of the same gender are still people and still deserve our love.\n\nContrary to what organized religion says about homosexuality it is not the devil's business and it is not sick or evil.  Just like mixed-ethnicity relationships, they were misunderstood for a long time.  There are alwasy going to be biggots in the world to try and mess that up but all they're going to do is expose the fact that they are full of hatred.
543290
The reason there is so much hate in the world is because we humans don't accept one another for who we are. The other thing is that politics often times stir tension between groups, societies, different religions/belief systems and people of different race/color. I for one do not hate anybody and my religion teaches me if you hate someone I'll be sinful. So I do not hate anyone and I accept everyone of different shape, size, color, race, gender, sex, orientation, personality. I'll tell you what I don't accept, I don't accept people who are fanatical and are too extreme. So it depends, there are good people and bad people in every culture, every country, every race, and in every society, it doesn't matter if you're white, black, Mexican, brown, yellow, green, hot pink, etc.. And lastly I accept people with different view points if they are not threatening the society or me. Or causing tension or hatred or bloodshed. If a person doesn't express his viewpoint without being extreme than I would not accept his viewpoints whatsoever since extremism can lead to hate!
87622
the reason people are against gays/lesbians are the fact that they do not fit the social norm and they are not hetero like everyone else on this plant or so they think and also they find the sexual acts disqusting mainly religion is a big factor in this because we are taught it is not natural....
1099719
are you a Christian?\nwe don't all bash gays, we just want them to realize they are sinning.\nWe Christians all sin daily, but we are aware and repent. (the real ones do at least.)\nRemember the thing about the splinter in one man's eye while a log is in your own?\nwe are all hypocrites to an extent.\nYou included, and myself as well.
243806
because many people are scared of what they dont know and anything that isnt in the 'norm' they tend to become ignorant about. like if they go near a gay person they might become one or catch something. if only they could open their closed minds a bit and see that gay people are just like the rest of us they have hearts and they have feelings too. we can only pray that one day we all be treated as equals.
1044096
There's an important distinction that people like you don't grasp. Me and people like me don't dislike gay people. We think they are God's children just like anyone else. What we are against is homosexual acts. Just like we don't dislike adultorers, we just dislike the action they chose to go forward with. It's the old adage - love the sinner, hate the sin. I've known gay people, and I'm fine with them - some of them are extremely kind and generous. But what I am against is if the act out on their tendancy. We all have weaknesses, some are prone to alcoholism, but it doesn't mean that it's ok for them to drink alcohol. Some are prone to drugs, but....you get the picture. It may seem cruel to some to count homosexual acts as sins, but I didn't make the rules, I just trust that God knows what is right and what isn't.
144980
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.
1052402
Sadly, no.  For some reason, people who don't understand homosexuality feel that they are somehow able to generate opinions on the topic.  I don't see why they have such negative opinions on something they don't even understand.
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.
438593
Some people are threatened by other people unlike themselves.  I used to be a lot more intolerant toward homosexuality than I am today.  While I still don't condone it, I am much more tolerant of it because I have met a number of people who are gay, and they are as human as I am.  Today, I believe that a person's orientation is his or her own business, and as long as they're not bothering me, or flaunting themselves indiscriminately, I say live and let live.  Incidentally, I would say the same thing about heterosexuals too.\n     Frankly, I'm not sure why these posts are being taken down.  I haven't noticed.  But I have noticed a lot of other questions on here that are very sexually derogetory, so I hope they're being consistent and removing those too.
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.
896353
I'm not willing to say that most of them are, but I'm sure they make up a substantial chunk of the pie chart. Why else would anyone be so preoccupied by the subject?\n\nI've noticed that several people now have called this question homophobic. Why do you think that noting that some very narrow minded homophobic people might really be gay is derisive to gay people? Do you think that's a nasty word? Do you think it's mean to say the word homosexual? It's not. That's pathetic. Gay people have every reason to hold their heads high. \n\nWhat the asker is asking us to confirm is whether we've noticed that there are groups of people with very questionable opinions about homosexuality that may be reacting to their own sexuality like it's dirty, which is painfully funny, because only a sadist would pick a faith where the way they came from "God" is a cross that they must angrily pretend not to bear until they die -- and yes I have noticed.\n\nNow will all of you get off this "what's wrong with that?" business?
689826
Interesting article indeed. I do agree with you in the sense that it is not a choice- it is only explainable by they way a person FEELS or thinks, not by the way he WANTS to think. I hate people who hate people with different sexual orientations- they dont have a right to judge people by their feelings and preferences, although i dont have a gay/lesbian friend in person.
872579
People fear what they don't know, some people just cannot accept the fact that not everyone is like them nor should they have to be. We are all individuals with certain qualities that make us unique and who we are. Bisexuality is actually something that we all have in us however not everyone would accept that fact not would they act upon it. I beleive that being attracted to our own sex if normal . Some people can accept that and not experiment and some do experiment and find it gratifying. To each his own and no one should ever condem anyone for their preferences. I would say that you should do what you need to do\nif you are happy with it however you don't need to make it public.\nWhy not let that be something you explore discreeetly, not everyone needs to know.  So just remember this bisexuality thing is normal and do what you need to do.
164049
Some are nice.  Some are not so nice.  It's kind of impossible to judge them as a whole.  No different than Straight people or Bi people.  (Why are we capitolizing Gay, by the way?)
877031
I have seen some "religious" people bash gays and do nothing but hate them, but the true Christian does not hate anyone at all, and they do not bash anyone either. Gay people feel that way because that is what has happened to them from people who claim to love God...but the word of God is REAL clear..."anyone who hates their brother is a murderer". It also says "if you can not love your brother, who you can see, you can not love God, who you can not see."...anyone who claims to be holy and hates is a liar and deceives himself.