Reply #14: interesting points, I suppose, but the real reason . . . [View All]

[OneBlueSky]

some heterosexuals are so vehemently anti-gay is that they're terrified of the homosexual parts of their own psches . . . human sexuality is very complex, and no one -- and I do mean NO ONE -- is or ever has been completely, totally, unalterably 100% heterosexual or homosexual . . . everyone falls somewhere on the continuun between those two extremes and, while some may be very close to one extreme or the other, we all have elements of both within us . . . people who have been raised to believe that homosexuality is wrong (especially when it's based on religion) become terrified when they see that little part of themselves that is homosexual peek out . . . and then they overcompensate by becoming virulantly anti-gay . . . when people hate some quality in other people, it's usually a quality that they see in themselves and don't wish to acknowledge, and this tendency is particularly evident when it comes to homosexuality . . . homophobia is real, and it's as much a fear of the latent homosexuality in oneself as it is the fear of homosexuality in others . . .