I don't think that mattered much. A bigger problem was when official associations like AMA and Mental Health association came out with positions that it was not a mental illness. That led to the theories that the high statistics of self destruction came from the society imposed guilt, not the core behavior. The solution being that we change, not them. Then add teaching public schools and you got liberals, libertarians and some establishment republicans (noted on this thread) all polling for new rights for homos, er gays.
Unfortunately many local discrimination laws make it risky/illegal to even discuss opposition openly.
“I don’t think that mattered much.”
It matters a great deal. The words we use shape our worldview more than we realize. That is why the left is so intent upon imposing their vocabulary.
For instance, to argue about “abortion rights” is to concede that there *could* be a right to kill an innocent, preborn human being, without ever examining that question on its merits. It simply assumes it, which is a significant victory for evil.
Sanity, of course, requires that we reject that notion out of hand. What would be the source of such a right? Would God say that it is okay to kill a baby?
When you start from that premise, it is a very different argument.