Also the words 'phobia' and 'phobic' have changed. It used to mean being afraid, now it means not accepting, not promoting, or not celebrating. Homophobia should mean being afraid of homosexuality or people who are homosexual, but instead, if I hold Christian values of not accepting homosexuality, not promoting homosexuality, or not celebrating homosexuality, I am considered homophobic or I have homophobia.
James,
Also the words 'phobia' and 'phobic' have changed. It used to mean being afraid, now it means not accepting, not promoting, or not celebrating. Homophobia should mean being afraid of homosexuality or people who are homosexual, but instead, if I hold Christian values of not accepting homosexuality, not promoting homosexuality, or not celebrating homosexuality, I am considered homophobic or I have homophobia.
Mr. Celestino
It's true that "phobia" primarily means fear. But there is a secondary definition that includes "hate."
Sometimes if we're afraid of something, we also hate it.