Somebody needs to tell these people that a "homophobe" is someone who is fearful of men. Someone who believes the homosexual lifestyle is wrong is not "fearful" but holds to a moral position. Someone (me?) needs to start a campaign to educate people in the proper use of words!
homo - any of a genus (Homo) of hominids that includes modern humans (H. sapiens) and several extinct related species (as H. erectus and H. habilis) and
phobia - an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation
so you are scared of hominids, I know I am not.
Its more like homosexual-aversion, or perhaps "reality of homosexuality syndrome".
Actually, "homophobe" is completely made up and has no good meaning. It would NOT mean "fear of men", but fear of HUMANS. Or, it would be fear of sameness. Of course, the latter is the antithesis of marxism, but they definitely fit the former.
"...Someone (me?) needs to start a campaign to educate people in the proper use of words!..."
I have a word you can start with. Heterophobe. Throw it back in their faces. If they don't like it, TOUGH.