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The term '''homophobia''' is an offensive and derogatory term that is sometimes used to describe an aversion to or rejection of homosexuality.
The term '''homophobia''' is an offensive and derogatory term that is sometimes used to describe an aversion to or rejection of homosexuality. The debate centers over whether homophobia is a pejoritive that needs to be criminalized or a mental disorder that is treatable with therapy.
== Homophobia as an "Irrational Fear" ==
== Homophobia as Clinical==
The suffix "phobia" suggests an irrational fear, but that is not how the term is used.<ref> Psychologists do not recognize it as a phobia in any generally recognized publication like the DSM IV.</ref> The term is used by [[gay rights]] groups to suggest that all opposition to [[homosexuality]] is irrational and hateful.<ref>Eg, this site [http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_phob.htm] first defines homophobia as a dread or fear, but says that it includes those who write their Congressmen to oppose same-sex marriage.</ref> They claim that the term is often misapplied in a non-scientific, social and political context to further the [[homosexual agenda]]. <ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/coll-breiner.html HOMOPHOBIA: A Scientific Non-Political Definition], Dr. Sander J. Breiner, National Association for Research and Therapy on Homosexuality, 2003.</ref>
The suffix "phobia" suggests an irrational fear, but that is not how the term is used.<ref> Psychologists do not recognize it as a phobia in any generally recognized publication like the DSM IV.</ref> The term is used by [[gay rights]] groups to suggest that all opposition to [[homosexuality]] is irrational and hateful.<ref>Eg, this site [http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_phob.htm] first defines homophobia as a dread or fear, but says that it includes those who write their Congressmen to oppose same-sex marriage.</ref> While phobias are recognized as treatable disorders, the term has often been misapplied in a social and political context to further the [[homosexual agenda]].<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/coll-breiner.html HOMOPHOBIA: A Scientific Non-Political Definition], Dr. Sander J. Breiner, National Association for Research and Therapy on Homosexuality, 2003.</ref>
Dr. Sander J. Breiner describes homophobia such,
Dr. Sander J. Breiner describes homophobia such,