I live in fly-over country. I’ve lived here 81% of my life. Even around here we apologize for our views on homosexuality. We dignify their lifestyle by making reasoned responses: The Bible, procreation. That asymmetry gives the deviants an undeserved foothold in the dialog. Perhaps we should have principled dismissal vs principled discourse. Could you imagine debating a necrophiliac? Just wait 20 years.
Reminds me of a young man who walked into a pharmacy and asked the clerk for some condoms. The clerk replies, “Oh, so you’re trying to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, eh!” (it was a Canadian pharmacy). The young man said, “No, my boyfriend hates to get poo on his penis”.