Nobody cares about villains. All they know is that the villains are evil and they must be stopped. It's so much easier to take sides when you've got labels on people. They could be religious people or atheists, the government or the opposition, or Android or Apple fans. They can take on many forms, all depending on where you stand.
As long as you are against these villains just because you are on the other side, you're good for nothing. This is the problem that is happening. People are reacting and over-reacting to things without reason. With LGBT (I actually find that term condescending), you can be the bad guy for recognizing their rights or for thinking it is another social ill. Not many care to implore. As much as I'd like to say that the homophobes have the silliest reasons, those who are supporting the gay community are guilty of the same charge. There are those who fall in between these two examples but for the sake of the discussion, let's keep it simple and just use the extreme ones.
To those homophobes, let's take religion out of the picture because whatever you invisible friend said doesn't apply here. Are you against homosexuals because it is not normal? Slavery used to be normal but that's illegal now. Women weren't allowed to go to school but now they are studying whatever they want at any level they want. So what is normal? It is what the majority of the society see fit. The thing about society is that it evolves and so does its values. So that means the arguement that homosexuality is not part of our culture is nonsense. It is as good as saying that you are against it just because you think others feel the same way. It is as good as saying because your invisible friend told you so. It's not valid.
Moving on to the other side, why are you supporting gay people? Because it is their right to love anybody they want? Because they didn't choose to be that way? Because they can't help but to feel that way? Those are decent points but if you are hating homophobes, bear this in mind. Some homophobes can't help but to feel that way. Some homophobes didn't choose to be homophobes. How did you expect them to react when they've been taught all their lives that a married couple consists of a husband and a wife? If you judge these homophobes just because they don't agree with you, you are no better than them.
So which side is right? There is none. No matter what you do, you will always be the villain to someone on the other side. I don't know if those who are supporting gay rights actually understand why are they doing it. It will be scary to think that people are disagreeing with each other without knowing why. If you have a good reason, you don't need to pick a side to have a stand. Don't hate homosexuals or homophobes just because.
If you're still wondering what's my stand on the matter, I don't have one. I believe that anyone can do anything they like as long as it does not jeopardize the rights of others.
