I think a community which considers homosexual relationships to be frowned upon by God is just as likely to consider any sexual relationship outside marriage to be equally taboo. It isn't usually a special thing and people considering it to be homophobia are making homosexuality too big a deal because it's the issue which is occupying their lives at the time. It's easy to inflate other people's views when really all they are doing is carrying on with tradition. Actually, that very inclination towards "anti-racism" on the part of people who act hard-done by as a minority when they really aren't is likely to make me come across homophobic at times. It isn't the homosexuality, it's the judgment on all people who don't understand it, aren't comfortable with it, don't need to acknowledge differences because they aren't usually relevant.
I mean, consider catholics whose tradition says that all sex must be carried out between couples who are willing for the act to result in conception as it is the sole purpose and that all sex must have the potential for life (even the strongest miracle is unlikely to create a child from a homosexual sex act). There are far more sexually active heterosexuals affected by this approach than homosexuals.
I know there are communities which are active in their feelings against homosexuality, but I think they are possibly fewer than those who don't think about it much.
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Date: 2012-04-21 05:53 am (UTC)I think a community which considers homosexual relationships to be frowned upon by God is just as likely to consider any sexual relationship outside marriage to be equally taboo. It isn't usually a special thing and people considering it to be homophobia are making homosexuality too big a deal because it's the issue which is occupying their lives at the time. It's easy to inflate other people's views when really all they are doing is carrying on with tradition. Actually, that very inclination towards "anti-racism" on the part of people who act hard-done by as a minority when they really aren't is likely to make me come across homophobic at times. It isn't the homosexuality, it's the judgment on all people who don't understand it, aren't comfortable with it, don't need to acknowledge differences because they aren't usually relevant.
I mean, consider catholics whose tradition says that all sex must be carried out between couples who are willing for the act to result in conception as it is the sole purpose and that all sex must have the potential for life (even the strongest miracle is unlikely to create a child from a homosexual sex act). There are far more sexually active heterosexuals affected by this approach than homosexuals.
I know there are communities which are active in their feelings against homosexuality, but I think they are possibly fewer than those who don't think about it much.