Thread:Obi the LEGO Fan/@comment-26436937-20150605034630/@comment-25625534-20150605132625

Luke McSwagger99 wrote: FortressOfNight wrote:

Luke McSwagger99 wrote: Um

What kind of logic is that? Am I not allowed to hold views against certain actions or lifestyles, that you may or may not possess as your own? And very weak assumption there. You arrive at the conclusion that because I stand against, and go as far to state that I dislike homosexuality, that I am "homophobic"; and I have to ask what you specifically define that as. If homophobia = taking a stand against homosexuality, then sure you can call me homophobic; what you call me doesn't really impact me anyhow. However, if homophobic = someone who hates homosexual people, then I am certainly not one to be labeled as that. As Goggles mentioned, if you bothered to proceed to the further sections of my userpage you would have hopefully come across the thought "Hate the sin, not the sinner". The fact that I consider something sin and am against it doesn't link to my outlook on people in general. My outlook on people, as I've hopefully expressed enough, is to show everyone love as Christ first loved us. Having a personal stand against certain actions and lifestyles doesn't interfere with that. The fact that someone happens to possess one of those actions/lifestyles isn't my problem, and I still strive to show kindness and love to all people the same (yes this includes homosexuals). Just because I disagree with certain things doesn't mean at all that I hate on, or even possess an irrational phobia of particular people. It would be greatly appreciated if this common and inaccurate labeling of people within our community here as "homophobic" could stop already; it can get quite irritating and many of those who get labeled share the same view on this as I. :P your entire argument is kind of like saying "i dislike the notion of being black. i don't dislike black people, just the idea of being black." and saying you're not racist. it's semantics. you're still racist. "Being black" is an extremely weak comparison to "being gay". The color of your skin and sexual orientation are two very different matters. But sorry if my holding of beliefs ends up comparable to racism for some of you. they're both fundamental characteristics of a person's identity, they're very compatible in my opinion. regarding someone's skin color as something weird or wrong or making them different seems rather archaic to a person living in the 21st century, but go back a few hundred years and almost everyone was thinking the way you are about homosexuals.