I respect the Church to a degree in sticking to its gun (though I do think Pope Francis' reverse answer to gay unions was very hypocritical) but I also have my qualms about them as well.

But for a person such as yourself (seeing how that I do not know you, personally) what is the extent of homophobia? Is it homophobic to be conservative and not approve of homosexual relations, despite such people not disapproving on prejudice grounds, but because they follow a code of law or sacred teaching that simple tells them that is wrong? There are a lot of conservatives like this out there, more than one would think (and yes, there are the homophobic ones).

I hold the view that marriage is between a man and a woman (simply because they can naturally produce offspring) but I also believe that homosexuality is by no means a nonchalant choice, as if one person decides to sleep with another person of the same sex like choosing what kind of entrée they'd be having off the dinner menu. I also don't believe in "conversion therapy", which is horrendous to say the least. However, I don't like it when LGBTQ activists, or at least those particular ones out there who have hostility in their bones, demand that conservative religious people simply abandon their beliefs. It's just not done.