"The problem with the 'homophobia' smear is that this allegedly dangerous tendency does not correlate with any actual evil. Nearly all 'homophobes' are peaceful, law-abiding citizens who treat the objects of their supposed 'phobia' with civility and courtesy. It is the object of the Left to convince homosexuals that they suffer oppression as the result of the intolerance and prejudice of their fellow citizens, yet it is extraordinarily difficult to argue that homosexuals are oppressed -- the annual income of gay households, calculated as a per-capita average, far exceeds the income of most married-with-children households -- much less that their putative oppression is the result of discrimination at the hands of heterosexual bigots."