Homophobia: The New 'Hate Word'

http://www.bilerico.com/2012/04/homophobia_the_new_hate_word.php 🔗
4/19/12
Filed By Mercedes Allen

Increasingly, the Canadian far right has not merely imported rhetoric from south of the border, it has also refined and exported it as well. This was true of the "freedom of religion" theme picked up by U.S. bishops in response to the contraception mandate in healthcare - a tactic which began following the 2008 Lund v. Boissoin ruling from the Alberta Human Rights Commission (since overturned). Within the past week, a new tactic has emerged to oppose LGBT inclusive anti-bullying education: a drive to have words like "homophobia" banned from the discussion as "hate speech."