Why are there so much homophobes answering questions in this section?
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There are three types of homophobe:\n\n1. Religious motivated homophobe.\n2. Denial based homophobe.\n3. Far right extremist homophobe.\n\nThe first type are doing it because the religion they follow actually calls them to speak out against homosexual behaviour. These people are drones following what they think they're called upon to do.\n\nThe second type are using homophobia as a means of covering up their repressed same sex feelings.\n\nThe third type are doing it because they have lack of education/understanding of human sexuality.
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There are legit christians, but many are homophobic. They may not be violent, but their words are. They claim "Homosexuality is a choice", but that contradicts the latest scientific experiment on the brains of homosexuals and lesbians (I also know myself, being gay, that it's something you have since birth, I myself discovered I was gay around age 5). Basically, everything they're saying about gay people is false, and they need to grow up. Even though I'm an atheist, I don't mean to offend anyone's religion, but sometimes I think people take advantage of their religion and their bible and "paraphrase" content in it to meet their specific agenda for hate. You can tell they're doing this because they ignore the fact that gluttony is a sin, as well as wearing certain fibers, yet they ignore that, and persecute the gays. It doesn't add up, does it.
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Because there are a lot of moronic people answering questions. Sometimes I'm one of them. But just remember your not always going to agree or like what they say. That's when you ignore them. By the way congrats on the big day.
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That's an excellent question. I won't be a hypocrite about it, though. I've been guilty of it myself from time to time, but there are some repeat offenders here. It seems that the Politics and the Religion & Spirituality sections draw more of this sort of behavior than any of the others. I guess it's because they are both such personal topics and it's easy to hit a nerve when you discuss them.
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People don't like to appear ignorant and so will post to get the 2 points even if they have no idea what they are talking about.\nNever let the truth get in the way of a good 2 points seems to be the motto of this place.\nWhat worries me are the people who can't tell the difference and are accepting answers from people who have no clue.  \nKeep up the good fight
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Well unfortunately we are bashed by so many christians that we just assume all are the same. I know many christians who have had sex with the same sex. I went onto your section here on yahoo and wow, I thought we were hated. There is so much hate and anger there that it makes it hard for some to even want to be in a religion.
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because there are so many people who answer questions just to be arseholes.
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I think there are a lot of closet homosexuals everywhere.  Lets face it, we are nation of bigots.  Look how long it took to allow women and blacks to vote.  Now we seemed more concerned about who marries whom than protecting the nation from real terrorists.
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Wow, I think there's some misunderstanding here....First of all, I'm straight, and I'm Catholic (practicing), and no, I do not hate homosexuals (oh and BTW I agree with that guy who answered before: homo is short for homosexual; although it can be used in a derogatory (sp?) fashion, I don't think that's the case in the asker's post).  In fact, I love homosexuals, just as I love heterosexuals, because they are children of God.  That doesn't mean I don't think they're misguided.  Does that mean I'm prejudiced?  No.  It means I think they're wrong.  As for the demon comment, I'm pretty sure the asker meant it in the way you'd say "battling your inner demons;" I don't think he meant literal demons.  I agree with the asker on some things, although I wish he'd phrased other things better.  I think it's undeniable that homosexuality has a much greater focus on outward/physical aspects than normal heterosexuality (when I say normal, I mean I'm discounting things like prostitution, etc., even if they are technically heterosexual.).  I think that many homosexual people (note the use of the word: MANY, not ALL) take an overly defensive attitude toward certain ethical viewpoints, most notably Christianity.  Of course, some people have experienced hatred or at least strong dislike for their sexual practices, but I think that's actually the minority of cases.  It only makes sense that the relatively few instances of discrimination are emphasized by the proponents of homosexuality.  That's natural for anybody to do about something they believe.  But it doesn't mean that all gays are hateful toward Christians or all Christians are hateful toward gays.  As for the rest of the asker's post about the musical instruments and "churchy homos," well to be quite honest, I kind of lost him at that point.  It's not exactly...easy to follow.\n\nOne of the most annoying things I hear nearly every day (yes, I do personally know some gay people, btw) is how it's so wrong for people to "force their morals on other people."  I heard this especially during the days leading up to a Nov. 6 (I live in Wisconsin, where a state constitutional amendment was passed defining marriage as btwn one man and one woman, and that no similar status would be granted to any other group.).  Now, that doesn't mean there aren't ways around this--people can technically get "civil unions," and what isn't accorded the same status as marriage can be quite easily fixed by other means (for example, simply naming the homosexual partner as the beneficiary of your will; it just takes a little more work.  Anyways, it bothered me to hear that because whenever you vote, you're "forcing your morals on other people."  You vote based on your beliefs regarding ethics and morals (most people do anyway), and by voting, you're partaking in a process which will constitute the law for a certain area; hence you are helping to force a certain moral code on certain people.\n\nAnyways, I hope that's not too rambling...In short, yes I bet some gays could say that a Christian (or non-Christian, for that matter) has demonstrated hatred or unkindness toward them based on their sexual lifestyle.  That isn't a Christian act, which is unfortunate--so many Christians are Christian in name only.  Does that mean I think gays ought never to be criticized?  No.  Do I think that their depiction of and view regarding sex is false?  Yes.  There, simple.  No hateful words, no claims of "judging," nothing but simple statements of moral belief and hope that we can cause a change in society's depiction of sex, to make it less about personal pleasure and more about self-giving love, which it ultimately is.\n\nLater all, try not to get too riled about these posts--you've gotta know that some people post just for the heck of ticking other pe
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They probably did it because the Religion section is always been part of the "Society and Culture" section on their main page. \n\nHonestly, I'm surprised that the Bible thumpers went searching for it. I mean, you click on "Society and Culture" and it doesn't come up on the list, you have to actually go to "Cultures & Groups" and then "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered". That means, those Bible thumpers that are showing up are looking for the LGBT section on purpose. I honestly didn't know the LGBT section was here when I first got on Yahoo answers until I went looking. And finding the "Religion & Spirituality" section was rather easy since it comes up in the list after clicking on "Society and Culture". \n\nSo I figure, the ones that do post in this section (because they post in the Religion and Spirituality section, too) were definately looking for this section to begin with...it wasn't an accident. As far as I can tell, Yahoo seems to have almost hidden this section.
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Good point!  I'll check out who to ask about this.\n\nWhere is the "Tell us what you think"?\n\nI found it!  http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/answers/cgi_feedback\n\nI get the other points on here about how people will want further sub-categorization and the concern about general questions.  But there seems to be a lot I've read today wanting Christians out of here.  I'm willing to be moved to another location.  People are still going to be curious and peek over there.  And taunt us.  But they can't complain that we're ruining "their" spirituality section.
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Sure does, your opinion is being heard.  Why else would people's questions and answers keep getting deleted? This section of y/a is becoming a mini civil rights movement. People post, others delete them because they don't like the question or answer because it doesn't agree with their thinking. It's freedom of speech trying to be strangled by a small slice of small minded people. It appears bigotry is alive and well in this section. Does deleting people's remarks really matter? Other than losing points, it won't stop me from responding to outrageous questions filled with either lies, half-truths, or completely inaccurate statements.
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ok and this is a question for the gay section because?????
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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.
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Yes I am, it’s driving me \nCCCCRRRRAAAAZZZZZYYYYY \n\nIt seems as if mr_pycckui is a homophobic ignorant fool \n\nSorry Beth but I have to say something to all the ignorant fools out there…\n\n San Francisco is a great place to live with a lot of divers, OPEN MINDED people and yes gay people live here as they do everywhere but personally I see more straight people than gay (unless I go to the Castro, lol) and to all the ignorant fools, not all gay people are flamboyant so you never know, Jim Bob down the street with 3 kids might be looking and gay porn to get off. Ssshhhh….Don’t tell Mary Lou
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Why is this question in the LGBT section and not in the movie section or something?
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nope, I'm not sick of them,which doesn't mean I agree with their opinions. I just do not open their questions and don't pay ANY attention if such ppl answer my question. if you really are sick of them why do you keep answering their questions and keep asking 'why the hell are they in this section?' doesn't make much sense, right? if you don't want the here or something just stop paying attention to them and ignore them. I guess it's the best way. in the other hand everyone has the right to express their opinion - if you don't like what homophobes say just ignore it and don't start foolish arguments and fights