Well honestly, I think homophobes aren't necessarily against homosexuals themselves, but more of the idea. I feel as if they're scared that someone is different in such an important matter. For example I grew up with this one kid, he was a great dude when we were younger, but then when we started to get older we slowly drifted apart, I think it was mainly due to how we are, what I mean is I consider myself a pretty open-minded person, but he's kind of the opposite. I think the close-minded mindset really factors in here, think about it. If you're used to something for your entire existence, and someone just throws something at you that you've never heard of, how would you react? Not very well I suppose. I talked with him recently about why he's so against gays, and all he told me was that he doesn't really understand it. Which brought me to this thought: Is homophobia literally based off ignorance? Maybe all those homophobes out there just don't understand how someone can be so much different from them. Maybe if those people had a better grasp on it they wouldn't feel the way they do? A good thing to compare this to would have to be Science, you probably don't really find Science very interesting, but you also don't understand it very well, but on the opposite side there's Scientists out there who find it extraordinary, and study it for a profession, do you think they like it because they understand it? Maybe, or it could just be their mindset. We all live off our mindsets, they define us as people. Some of our mindsets may clash with others, but we can't help ours. So why think harshly of someone for their mindset? How can they help it? They can't control it, just like homosexuality. I think homophobia is two things, a disease and a mindset. Why think badly of them for it? Accept them as much as anyone else. But if they act on what they believe and harm anyone, well then bullets are gonna fly, and hell I won't feel bad if they fall. But if they don't harm anyone, just leave them be.