Man, this is a question that I ask myself every second of every day.
Personally, I think it’s because it forces people to recognize the fact that life is not as simple or black and white as they’d like. It’s difficult to appreciate that which you have no context or frame of reference to and respond with bigotry and hate. Given that gays have no discernible hate in their heart for straight people, why then are they hated in return? homophobia is not being afraid of gay people… homophobia is fear of understanding and accepting the truth of homosexuality. There is a huge difference.
