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[PaulP]

I'm not a fan of string beans or brussel sprouts and avoid them, but for someone to claim that because I'm not a booster I must be a hater would be a bit of a stretch.

I think your assertion is a good example of taking things to an extreme to impose a viewpoint or win a debate.

Catholics avoid red meat on Fridays, but that doesn't mean they hate red meat, pork is avoided in some religions but it doesn't mean they hate pigs.

This is the same line of argumentation used by slavery apologists - slavery wasn't that bad because it was really indentured servitude, the slave owners were very nice to the slaves and always greeted them with a smile and a warm hello, invited them into the house to eat etc. All of which is well and good, and better than the alternative, but it has nothing to do with the fact that by any recent standard, the idea of one human owning another, and the owned human being the literal property of the owner is completely wrong.

The fact that these players may only have a "mild" objection to gays is better than the alternative, but it's not the point.