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Originally Posted by willravel
"I don't believe in regulating things, so I'm going to regulate whether two people I've never met before can get married and can be beaten without it being a hate crime."
A homophobe is a homophobe. Anyone who allows their personal feelings toward homosexuals to effect their decisions so as to effect homosexuals negatively is a homophobe. It's a sign of both fear and nonacceptance. You can not understand or approve of homosexuality without trying to squelch it. He failed that test.
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I had a yes-no reaction to your post, will. I oppose excluding homosexuals from hate crime legislation, but am concerned about the economic implications of recognizing a homosexual union as a legal marriage...it's not fear based, and I could be talked into going along with it...I just want to know how much more additional expense will be involved, taking into consideration the resulting changes in the cost of insurance benefits, government programs, etc.
It's human nature to recognize differences among us, but that isn't prejudice in a general sense, or homophobia in this instance...it's missing the element of disliking or hurting someone by the mere fact of whatever the differences are. Here, there simply is no evidence (e.g., statements by Thompson) demonstrating that his positions are motivated by negative feelings towards homosexuals. I'd be interested in anything like that which you could dig up, as he otherwise seems like a guy worth taking a second look at, as a presidential candidate.