Homophobia

What is homophobia? A phobia is a fear of something or someone. Some have a fear of flying. Some have a fear of being in a closed space, but then there is this term homophobia in which should apply to fear of being around homosexuals, but it appears to take on a whole new meaning here.

It appears that many in homosexual activism have taken to call anyone who is against homosexual activity as being homophobic. Now where did that come from? As a Christian, I believe in the several references that homosexuality is a sin. I also believe fornication is a sin, adultery is a sin, drunkeness is a sin, lying is a sin, unforgiving is a sin, and many others. Am I called a fornicatophobic, drunkaphobic, ect. when I say that them who do so are wrong? Of course not, only when we speak out against homosexuality is the phobia applied to it.

Personally, I do not break out in sweats, or have panic attacks if I am in the room or even talking to homosexuals, something that phobic people may do. I even go to a gay man to do my taxes. When I ran for State Rep, lesbians who knew where I stood helped circulate my information. I even unknowingly spent the night in a hotel with a gay man during a church convention of all places, who I was asked to give space to because he had no place to go that night. However, I have the right as a Christian to declare what is wrong without that phobic being applied to me. Am I judging? No, the word written by men who was inspired by God has declared that it is wrong and where sinners who have not repented and believed on Jesus will go. That is my American religious and free speech right that I have.

When there was a movement to stop laws to make it easier for couples to live together, or to erase fornication laws in the states, were they called livingtogetherphobics? But when one wants to stop gay marriage, they are homophoics. Please, stop giving that term to those who express their religious rights.