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It’s a simple answer. Just compare it to smoking. You don’t approve of your family member smoking but that doesn’t mean you disown them.

Sadly, your simple answer, is all wrong where Christianity is concerned.

When someone is caught in an outright sin like Homosexuality, lying, stealing, etc., the New Testament defines the exact Four step process of resolving the issue:

1. You personally confront/counsel the person just between you concerning the sin.
2. IF that does not work, you take two or three others with you and confront/counsel the person concerning the sin.
3. If that does not work, you take the person in front of the church/congregation, etc. and attempt to confront/counsel the person.
4. If the person caught in the sin still refuses to repent, you separate yourself from them.

There is no equivocation on this process, it is simple and straightforward.

Elsewhere, the New Testament counsels us not to cast our pearls before swine (those that refuse to hear) and to figuratively shake the dust off the soles of our feet with respect to those who refuse to listen to the Gospel.

Like I said, the bible is simple and direct, and if we really want to have a positive outcome, that is, that those caught in sin are freed from it, we'll have to Obey God.

If Obeying Christ is important to you, you will need to heed his directions.

If Obeying Christ is not important to you, I guess any approach is OK with you, but don't expect any positive results, nor expect to honestly be able to declare you have any principles with regards to the sin involved, whatever it is.