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The term '''"homophobia"''' is a [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] term originally intended to portray principalled opposition to the [[homosexual agenda]] as abnormal. This alleged scientific abnormalcy has been used by gays rights activists to criminalize as a hate crime what by its psuedoscientific definition would be a pschyological handicap or disorder.

The term '''"homophobia"''' is a [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] term originally intended to portray principalled opposition to the [[homosexual agenda]] as an abnormal mental condition. It was introduced into scientific literature shortly before the American Psychiatric Association declassified the psychiatric diagnosis of [[homosexuality]] from a [[mental illness]] in 1973.  Recent research however, claims among non-homosexual homophobes, no phobia exists, <ref>[http://www.cwfa.org/articles/674/CFI/cfreport/index.htmNew Study Says There’s No Phobia in ‘Homophobia’], Martha Kleder, CWA, 6/28/2002.</ref> and most homophobes are homosexual who suffer from "internalized homophobia".  The is no agreement within the psychiatric and theraputic profressions on what the term actually means.

The term was invented to impugn and slander opponents of [[homosexuality]].   

The term was invented to impugn and slander opponents of [[homosexuality]].