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Originally Posted by seretogis
That's funny. If I were in office I would vote against those two things, and I am certainly not a homophobe. Maybe he's just a conservative who doesn't believe the government should be regulating such things?
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"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.