The anti-gay marriage movement IS homophobic

As i don't use public drinking fountains, it is not an issue i've canvassed. That is a pathetic attempt to bring out one of the reactionary religionists favorite hobby horses these days, that they are under seige, and being treated as a despised minority. Personally, i do despise the religionists, on that issue, although i may be cordial to individuals. Those who believe in a deity are not, however, by any stretch of the imagination a minority. Their rights are not infringed upon either, apart from what they seem to believe is their right to impose their superstitions on others.

You have no evidence that i hate religionists. I do hate the imposition of superstitions on me or on others, and the more so because the argument is simply ad populum, which is to say, that most people believe in a deity, and should therefore have the right to impose that belief on others in its social ramifications. I have deplored such imposition, and i have deplored the superstition, but i have not said, nor even implied that i hate relgionists.

On the topic of hatred, your vehemence, and unbridled name-calling in this thread strongly suggests that your knowledge of hatred is large and intimate.

No, because you keep using the term hatred. I have no emotional involvement in despising religionists. I don't hate them, i despise what they attempt to do.

As i've pointed out, your behavior suggests, however, that you are expert in matters of hatred.

I don't hate them, i despise what they attempt to do.

Oh, so now you're contending the words "hate" & "depise" are distinct? As if saying "I despise homosexuals" is different than "I hate homosexuals". Well, you hate religionists. That fact needs to be considered alongside your opinion on this issue e.g. you support same-sex marriage because it facilitates your hatred of SSM's primary opposition--Religionists.

Setanta doesn't hate religionists, he merely despises them.

despise
Dictionaryde·spise (dĭ-spīz')
tr.v., -spised, -spis·ing, -spis·es.
To regard with contempt or scorn: despised all cowards and flatterers.
To dislike intensely; loathe: despised the frigid weather in January.
To regard as unworthy of one's interest or concern: despised any thought of their own safety.
[Middle English despisen, from Old French despire, despis-, from Latin dēspicere : dē-, de- + specere, to look.]

de·spis'al (-spī'zəl) n.
de·spis'er n.
SYNONYMS despise, contemn, disdain, scorn, scout. These verbs mean to regard with utter contempt: despises incompetence; contemned the dictator's actions; disdained my suggestion; scorns sentimentality; scouted simplistic explanations.

hate
Dictionaryhate (hāt)

v., hat·ed, hat·ing, hates.

v.tr.

To feel hostility or animosity toward.
To detest.
To feel dislike or distaste for: hates washing dishes.
v.intr.
To feel hatred.

n.
Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
An object of detestation or hatred: My pet hate is tardiness.
[Middle English haten, from Old English hatian. N., Middle English, from Old English hete.]

Try understanding it this way, OdF.

Setanta wrote:

I don't hate them, i despise what they attempt to do.

I hate it when Setanta doesn't wake me up, I don't hate him.

Ha! beat ya to the punch.

And even your second definition is not exactly synonymous with the defintion of hate, if we want to get down to it...

Cycloptichorn

No, as i have repeatedly stated, i hate their impositions on others.