re: #511 ObserverArt

Happy, I understand what you are trying to say. However, what created the base hatred of gays in American but religion? It is the the root as far as I can tell…what else would it be? Biology and science education? I don’t think so. To me it is learned and if you could find the root to anyone thinking like that it may come from someone else they learned it from and they could be the one with the “because God hates gays” thinking.

The other thing, some may say it isn’t religious to protect their religion.

Just a thought.

The root? Yeah absolutely it’s religion most of the time. I will point out though that Stalin’s USSR, Mao’s PRC, and other secular states have been none too friendly to LGBT people over teh years eitehr. I definitely think that religion causes homophobia, however i also feel that homophobia can and does exist without religion. Taht is to say I think many use religion as an excuse for their homopobia that already exists independent of religion. Religion often makes things worse as I saw in the God Loves Uganda documentary but I think some homophobia is rooted in the individual’s own hatreds and mind problems that are present without religion. That said, I am NOT giving religion a pass for homophobia at all.