Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums

[thesummerqueen]

But I've noticed we always call the theists out when they don't support or respond in their disagreement with us - I don't think we should be any different if someone says "I think this or this about such-and-such group".

I don't think being religious & being homosexual are comparable. One requires just being born, the other requires serious indoctrination &/or turning off the rational part of your brain.

Absolutely - and I didn't think I was. I'm comparing someone who says "I believe in God", which we atheists consider to be completely irrational, to someone using hate language against gays (or any other group considered outside the norm), which other people also consider completely irrational. Both are expressing something they believe. We have no problem telling theists why we think they're being irrational, so we shouldn't have a problem telling homophobes why. And I think it's perfectly acceptable to do this on the battleground that someone created in a rather asshole-ish fashion, although I empathize with what I thought Ex was trying to say.