Originally posted by john9001
actually the word "homophobia" is a misnomer, phobia means fear, they don't fear gays , they just think a man having sex with another man is disgusting.
It's the strong overly defensive, knee-jerk, reaction or puffed up displays they put on that leads me to believe it is a "phobia". ie: "A phobia (from the Greek φόβος "fear"), a strong, persistent fear of situations, objects, activities, or persons. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject."
It is hi-ar-i-ous to watch at times. Very entertaining.
Then there is the near habit or tagging anything they don't like or disprove of as "gay". That is a little disturbing, but I'm not a qualified psychologist to analysis this aspect.
As to the break from the original thread and reference to Prince:
Personal Life. Prince became one of Jehovah's Witnesses in 2001 reportedly to satisfy his mother's dying wish.[28] He has since worked some religious themes into his music. Prince married Mayte Garcia, on Valentine's Day, 1996. They had one son, rumored to have been named Gregory. He was born with Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare skull disease and died shortly after birth. Their marriage was annuled in 1998. He and his current wife, Manuela Testolini Nelson, (whom he married in 2001) filed for divorce in May 2006.
I may be wrong here, but generally gay men don't repeatedly marry women do they? I could be wrong, I don't know.
Am I a Prince fan, or a fan of the music he plays? Not really on either account, but I can respect the talent and abilities of the performer. I acknowledge that some of the songs from some of my favorite artists may have been written by the man. The ability to play nearly any instrument he picks up. At least a thousand songs written to have made the charts in Pop, Rock, Country, among other genres?
