| You define "anti-gay" as using "faggot" and "gay" negatively. I graduated from high school in 1978. Growing up near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, kids often used "faggot" to be synonymous with jerk, wimp or sissy. This word was used with no reference to sexuality or homosexuality, especially as it was used by 8 or 10-year-olds (myself included) who never thought about sex at that age. I never heard any adults use this word.
If you define "anti-homosexual" or "homophobic" to mean that one does not accept homosexual behavior as morally okay, then I would definitely consider myself as anti-homosexual by your definition, just as I am anti-adultery, anti-promiscuity, anti-theft, anti-murder, anti-selfishness, anti-pride, etc. I find the philosophy that anything someone feels in his very nature must be okay to be false. I have never met anyone who does not have any tendencies toward bad thoughts or actions. I think each of us has tendencies toward thinking or doing some selfish or wrong things.
Logically, if it is inappropriate to use your gut feeling to determine what is right or wrong, then some other method must be used. I happen to use the Bible, which I think reads pretty clearly that marriage is intended for a man and a woman, and that sex outside of marriage is wrong. The Bible is also clear that no one perfectly keeps God's law. However, that is no excuse to promote behavior that is forbidden in the Bible. This is not intended to be preachy, only to clarify the evangelical position on homosexual behavior. |