As if monotheistic religion hasn't produced incalculable homophobic hatred and caused incalculable suffering among LGBTs throughout history.
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Accurately assessing the influence of religious belief really is a blind spot for many on the left.
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And homophobia can be informed or animated by religious belief.
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Homophobic conduct is also explicitly prohibited by the holy texts of some religions, such as Christianity and Islam.
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Oh sorry, I meant homosexual conduct is prohibited by the holy texts. My mistake.
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Eh, I don't find it to be helpfully descriptive most of the time.
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I'm flummoxed at the resistance to the notion that his homophobia could've been engendered by religious dogma.
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but he was gay himself, so the religion would have added to his self loathing rather than being a primary motivation
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There's clearly a motivation hierarchy that needs to be constructed.
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I think it's more of a desire to discount the the force-fed blame on an entire religion in turn strengthening (success) fanatics
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Arbitrarily discounting evidence of religious motivation doesn't further that goal. If anything, it stokes suspicion.
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@Spacewoman333 I doubt we would have homophobia at all if not for religion, kind of directly related IMO.
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@vncnt_csmr Unless its a closeted Christian, in which case, religion is the sole reason for the violence.
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So long as it's understood that we're talking about "religion" generally, not the Islamic religion, regarding hate inspiration
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