To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [percy-l] gay marriage
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:21:00 -0700
Title: Re: [percy-l] gay marriage
Walker never bought into the notion that gays were anything other than emotionally disturbed people and to that extent he remained what I would call mildly homophobic to the end.
I’d like very much to hear someone who likes/uses the term ‘homophobic’ to suggest a definition that’s constructive and useful. It seems to me to be a word constructed to muddy semantic waters and caricature those who have moral and teleological objections to homosexual behavior, and not an irrational fear of homosexuals.
I have a long time family friend, a psychologist, who uses the term more liberally than ketchup in his letters to the editor , but won’t define it for me. Drives me batty...