Quote - > Quote - "The reality that some people find homosexuality repulsive - does not lead one to a conclusion of the cause for that. I find it highly unlikely that "gay people are icky" is hard coded into the human genome." That is merely one example of one possible reason for prejudice against homosexuals. I'm not at all stating that it's the only reason. Once again, my point was that there are more than one reason for that kind of prejudice - it's not solely socially driven.

 

i'm not saying it is soley socially driven. i'm saying it's predominently socially driven. 
in some parts of the usa a large percentage are anti gay or anti black and not to be so would make you stand out as different. maybe not so much now but it's still there in large numbers.

billy

 

Are people anti-gay because they are phobic or are they anti-gay because PC people demand and pressure them to accept something they may or may not wish to accept? If one is forced to eat brocolli does not one hate brocolli just for that sake? The very term homophobic is a grossly inaccurate and unfair term. Phobias are mental disorders, people who are unrealistically and irrationally afraid of something. Labelling anyone who slightly disagrees or merely does not like something as phobic lays the blame squarely in that person's lap and labels them with a mental disorder. There maybe a tiny, tiny amount of actual homophobia in this country (same as all other countries). The mast majority is merely preference and like or dislike. But any real resistance is coming from forced or pressured resistance. Gays can go into schools to teach their lifestyle but other groups can't? How does that make sense and why would parents not notice this.

The relentless labelling, cognitive dissonace, whole/part fallacies and pressure to accept accept accept accept is what is causing any so called phobia in this country about gays, not the actual lifestyle of being gay. You can't pressure or force people to be your friend. That is the best way to gaurentee people won't be your friend.