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"Mr President, I am absolutely opposed to discrimination against homosexuals, but I hope that this House will one day draw up a resolution which no longer needs to be confused with the unsatisfactory concept of homophobia. I have spoken about this before and I wish to do so again.
If we are talking here about a real problem, discrimination, which we really must do something about, why on earth do we use the inappropriate word ‘phobia’ in this connection? Phobias are different types of anxiety: they are states of fear considered neurotic disturbances. Therapy is needed to help cure them, and they cannot be cured through political action, just as claustrophobia, the fear of enclosed spaces, or arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, cannot.
I am sorry if people are starting to be made to feel guilty about their feelings or phobias. That will only result in another new form of discrimination and manipulation. I am sorry too if this resolution has discriminated against Poland by giving a mistaken picture of events and views there. Because of these points relating to Poland and after thinking long and hard, I ended up abstaining. I wish, however, to express my sympathy for all those homosexuals who have had to suffer real discrimination and injustice."@en1
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