Ignoring the point doesn't refute it. The idea that gay people are in fact people, and have the same rights as anyone else is not a partisan issue in modern, c

Ignoring the point doesn't refute it. The idea that gay people are in fact people, and have the same rights as anyone else is not a partisan issue in modern, civilized nations. And saying "if I invent a definition of hate that excludes hatred, then by that definition Eric doesn't hate gays" is not a productive line of discourse.