They are afraid to acknowledge that homosexuality exists, specifically that people are born homosexual because it threatens the credibility of the bible. If homosexuality supports any theory or belief it is evolution (population control- homosexual couples can not naturally reproduce). It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Evan. Anything that does not fit into the mold, that is not defined in the story of creation, these people conclude that it must be a result of a persons free will and of evil. Religion requires blind faith. But this faith is always just hanging by a thread. If they are to entertain the notion of someone being born homosexual and living that way, they might come to the realization and have to accept that there are aspects of life that are not answered or are explained differently in the bible than how they actually are. They KNOW that questioning anything about their religion means having to question everything, whether they consciously mean to or not, their minds will inevitably wander. People believe so strongly because they want so strongly to believe. This is really what’s at the core of the homosexuality and gay marriage debates.

People who wonder what causes homophobia should read the article I’ve linked to (copyright National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine) out of University of Georgia, published online by U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. It describes experiments that prove that homophobes are in fact (closeted) homo- or bisexual men.

I always new Bert and Ernie were gay, hello they sleep together

People are afraid of anything they don’t understand, and that fear is re-inforced in the Christian right by their religion’s stance on the matter, as well as the right-wing media’s stance on the matter.

The truth of the matter is that most people don’t think for themselves. Not just right-wing people, mind you. Most people in general grow up to believe something generally in line with influential people in their lives. Sometimes it’s their parents; other times it’s their teachers or their friends, but most people take their beliefs from someone else rather than forming their own, and then they continue to believe whatever that group tells them they should. The members of the religious right become members because someone they care about, who cares about them, influences their beliefs, probably at an early age, and then as they grow, their beliefs continue to be shaped by what their community tells them, such as believing gay marriage is a sinful act that threatens the sanctity of their own marriage. They accept this, even when that teaching goes against what all of us are taught about basic human rights, because to question it would be to think for themselves, and to question everything they believe themselves to be. This is simply too daunting for most people to even consider.

P.S. hippie4ever wins the internet for using percolate in a sentence.

I love this cartoon! Same sex marrage should be legal everywhere.

The far right worry about gay marriage but they do not worry about this counry going under.

Soon this country will be like Mexico, India and Phillipines that have done away with the middle class.  Middle class no money no job equals no power.

Um, wow…that is an enlightened cartoon! Even for the esteemed ‘Mr. Fish’. Maybe ‘Mr. Fish’ should remove the stick from his own rectum.