Who said anything about hating them? Who said anything about burning them at the stake?
Oh wait, it was YOU.
As to the difference of opinion, that isn't the issue. It's the infliction of your opinion that infriges on the lifestyle and the rights of others. Gay behavior has ZERO impact on you. Your "opinion" and its enactment has massive impact on gay people.
Really a simple concept. Yet so difficult to comprehend for some.
You already argue that definitions in Webster's dictionary are wrong. As if it would matter?
And by the way, homosexual behavior is still illegal in 3 states. and several southern states still attempt to enforce arcane laws.
And there's plenty of right wing lunatics that want it illegal.
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Montana GOP: Ban homosexuality
The official party platform declares an intent to make being gay illegal[/h]
Montana GOP: Ban homosexuality - Republican Party - Salon.com
Certainly things are changing, but a very large percentage of people still think gay behavior should be illegal. Wanna bet the majority of those folks are in fact Right Wing Christians?
Gallup has been polling American adults since 1977 to learn their belief whether homosexual activity should be criminalized:
Date | Legal | Not legal | No opinion |
1977-JUN | 43% | 43 | 14 |
1982-JUN | 45 | 39 | 16 |
1985-NOV | 44 | 47 | 9 |
1986-JUL | 32 | 57 | 11 |
1986-SEP | 33 | 54 | 13 |
1987-MAR | 33 | 55 | 12 |
1988-JUL | 35 | 57 | 11 |
1989-OCT | 47 | 36 | 17 |
1992-JUN | 48 | 44 | 8 |
1996-NOV | 47 | 47 | 9 |
1999-FEB | 50 | 43 | 7 |
2001-MAY | 54 | 42 | 4 |
2002-MAY | 52 | 43 | 5 |
2003-MAY | 60 | 35 | 5 |
Polls on most homosexuality topics show a gradual acceptance of homosexual orientation over time. The question of whether to legalize or criminalize homosexual behavior shows a curious anomaly. In the early 1980s, acceptance of homosexual behavior took a nosedive and did not recover until sometime between mid 1988 and the fall of 1989. The Gallup Organization attributes this temporary reversal to either the "conservative environment ushered in by the Reagan administration, or the beginning of widespread publicity surrounding AIDS..."
U.S. public opinion polls on homosexuality