What is the best way to respond to homophobia?

Twisting the definition of 'homophobia' is not helping your cause, -"unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality."

For folks like me, - we've reasoned thru to the correct conclusion. (Practicing homosexuality is bad for the individual, and bad for society to promote, advocate, or condone)

Edit:

I never said homos are the cause of society's problems.

And many young adults try to find their way in their sexuality. In the end they realizing that practicing homsexuality ends up creating more problems that it 'solves'. (ie 'love' (sex) and acceptance by anyone).

Just ignore it.Like on the Day of Silence,my gsa and a lot of other students participated and all we dd was sit in a silent cicle in the middle of the school for lunch and some kid just walks in the middle and starts saying crap about how he hates lgbt's and how its wrong.

We just stayed silent, ignored him and waved him good bye because he's not worth it (especially not worth of starting something in school).

As for the bible reason,its great youre a Christian and have memorized some verses.But Im Buddhist .Dont get me wrong,even though Im Buddhist,I love learning about other religions and cultures and Id like to read the Bible some time.But idk,to me,it shows how ignorant people are sometimes.Not everybody's Christian.I think theres about 70-about 80% of Christians in the U.S. soo the other 20-30% are other religions.With the God thing,didnt he create us?Why would he hate us then,it just doesnt make any sense to me.Homophic people are just desperate for a 'legit' reason,they just cant find one.

MK8,honestly speaking from a 16 year old's point of view and from my experiences so far,yeah it does cause me some problems.Especially this past year.But its so much better than staying in the closet and pretending youre straight or just not saying anything about who youre attracted to.Its really worth all the troubles.I hate it when people are so ignorant and close minded that they just cant try to see from the other side's perspective.

In my experience, "homophobia" is a word often bandied about by homosexuals in situations where true homophobia is not obviously present (which is not to say that homophobia does not exist).

Often the word "homophobia" is used by those with "heterophobia" and/or by those homosexuals who cannot endure the voicing of non-pathological opposition to homosexual ideals.

In other words: just because someone opposes what homosexuals want or believe does not make them "homophobic". That is especially true of those who oppose homosexual "agendas" for purely religious reasons. It is not any fear or loathing of homosexuality that causes someone to be a Christian and to follow the teachings found in The Bible. When someone quotes verses of The Bible that oppose homosexual acts, they are informing you of their religious beliefs regarding homosexual acts - not their pathological reaction to homosexual acts (if any).

You wrote:

We are not alloud to marry so many gay men see no point in being in long- term relationships.

Christians take just the opposite view. We are taught that only long-term relationships are acceptable, and laws allowing state-recognized contractual marriage are not necessary. Christians were marrying before such laws existed - and were teaching that sex outside of ceremonial marriage was forbidden.

The fact that we live in a society that requires a license for a marriage to be *contractually* legal does not affect the Christian belief regarding marriage. If the government stopped recognizing contractual marriage for *all* people, Christians would still teach that sex outside of marriage is sin and would still observe Christian marriages that (at least in intent) require a life-long devotion.

In other words: it's balderdash to claim that the absence of state-recognized contractual marriage keeps homosexuals from forming long-term relationships. Religious ceremonies that recognize life-long homosexual relationships and that are called "marriage" are available to homosexuals in every U.S. state.

How you should respond to authentic homophobia: I don't know the answer to that. Probably only a trained psychiatrist would be able to effectively deal with such behavior.

Jim

I would say something like:

"I'm sorry, but your words are falling on deaf ears. I'm happy the way I am and I can't change anyway." Or if they're religious, something like, "Luke 6:37 -Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.-"

Ignoring them is okay and if they seem like aggressive homophobes, then I'd encourage you not to reply and to just get away from them, however, saying something back (without being aggressive) can feel very rewarding. People regret not saying/doing something in confrontations, but replying calmly without personally attacking the other person can not only avoid violence, but also make you feel proud about actually saying something.

"Look inside, look inside your tiny mind

Then look a bit harder

'Cause we're so uninspired, so sick and tired

Of all the hatred you harbor

So you say it's not okay to be gay

Well, I think you're just evil

You're just some racist who can't tie my laces

Your point of view is medieval"

-Lily Allen

Ask um to take a look in that book they're so knowledgeable about and point out that judgment is for God and God alone! If they persist, let um know they get into heaven on Gods grace alone so there so called "good deeds" arnt getting them any closer to salvation. If that doesn't work then simply tell um to piss off and go about your business. Hope this helps hun!

MK6 I'm sorry about your small penis, but don't get mad at homosexual because of it.

Anyway, I think we should pity them. They don't know how to handle their own inadequacy and there fore take it out on others. Rather that because they have problems pleasing the opposite sex, want to engage in sexual behavior with the opposite sex, but are to scared to do so, or they have a mental affliction.

NO offense to people saying to quote bible versus, but then they can just quote some bible versus right back at you. When it comes to homomsexuality, it's best not to use the bible as a weapon. They got a bit, more ammo then you do. Just saying.

http://christianteens.about.com/od/whatthebiblesay...

@H

What lollipop fantasy world do you live in? Let me know, so I can go there.

if i have to put up with annoying homosexuals, then you should have to put up with homophobes...

i am NOT homophobe a btw, i don't have an irrational fear of gays. i just don't like them! get over it. nothing you can say will change my mind. i've experienced the wrath of gays, and prefer not to deal with them.

and why do you think that everyone who doesn't agree with gays is a bible thumper? i'm not. and i am educated. so your theory on that is sadly mistaken.

I just think being nice is the best way to combat it.. If you are a nice, respectable person then people will respect you.

Ignore it. Homophobia is slowly but surely dying.

minority i really hate that word but i would over look it