Original sentence: Critics of the term have often alleged that it creates a climate of intimidation by demonizing one side of the debate.Its usage is pejorative, and when the term is applied to political or religious opposition to specific sexual acts or political positions, it has been criticized as a loaded term intended to abuse and discredit or silence opposition to moral issues connected with homosexuality (see LGBT social movements)
Edited sentence: Critics of the term claim that identifying hatred/disapproval of LGBT people as homophobic is pejorative, and argue that when the term is applied to political opposition to LGBT civil rights, or religious opposition to specific sexual acts, it is a loaded term intended to abuse and discredit or silence opposition (usually religious or moral) to LGBT equality (see LGBT social movements).However, these critics usually express moral disapproval of LGBT civil rights, and argue that their moral disapproval is normal, rather than homophobic