Can people stop saying that homophobia is just an opinion?

I don't care what people's opinions are, but when homophobes think it's okay to shove their beliefs down someone's throats and say it's just an "opinion", that's what pisses me off. Like I said before, there's a difference between having an opinion, and just simply being an *sshole.

Also, when I first joined this site, I was an ***. And I'm sorry. I was extremely transphobic, and it was wrong. People are still people, and always deserve to be treated as such. Just thought I should say that.

heterophobic people are on the rise as well dont forget.

It works both ways.

An irrational opinion, not to mention you're not born to discriminate and spout hate towards people. Who ever is racist or vicious towards a marginalised group of people has been nurtured this way. We should encourage people to be kind to one another.

well it is by definition an opinion.

o·pin·ion
əˈpinyən/Submit
noun
a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
"I'm writing to voice my opinion on an issue of great importance"
synonyms: belief, judgment, thought(s), (way of) thinking, mind, (point of) view, viewpoint, outlook, attitude, stance, position, perspective, persuasion, standpoint; More
the beliefs or views of a large number or majority of people about a particular thing.
"the changing climate of opinion"
an estimation of the quality or worth of someone or something.
"I had a higher opinion of myself than I deserved"

look at the first definition.

Racism is genetics and racial crime patterns.

"Is it okay that some people "just have different views" about equality of the sexes? No. "

So then you're not actually for equality if you're against different veiw?

It's okay that people have different veiws because men and women have different biology therefor men and women can have different roles that they excel at better than the other. It's not a leftist strawman to bash women. Equality would be accepting a woman's right TO CHOOSE to be a stay at home wife. You're saying "no opposing veiw!". Just because leftism is emotionally doesn't mean it's the final answer.

"So why is it that when people are homophobic and transphobic, they are excused?"

The same reason you're allowed to silence someone because they display a value against this lifestyle/orientation with a charge of discrimination. Straight men have been called transphobic for not wanting to sleep or date transwomen, and it's their choice, it's everyone's choice to have different veiws that aren't strictly leftist emotionalism.

I wish, but they never will, because people are just àssholes.

They're all "just opinions" but not all opinions are righteous. Just because it's their opinion doesn't mean I can't have my own opinion against theirs.

They aren't excused, I immediately think of them as a shitty person if they're blatantly racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic. Blatantly in terms of; I won't assume they're such and such just because they made like a stereotype joke, or a sex joke. I think that way because I have my own ideas of what righteousness is. That's just my opinion of them though, they can still have an opinion.

Everyone has a God given right to their opinion. You have NO right to decided what that opinion should be.

They aren't where I come from. In fact it's less accepted than racism here.