Warbler said:

I many not approve of homosexuality, but I don't hate homosexuals.

I don't recall ever claiming that you are silly or stupid to be homosexual.

And yet, you don't "approve." Not much difference there when you are the target.

I hear this a lot (even here), where people who are religious say they don't hate homosexuals, but they don't approve of homosexuality. There's no difference between that and saying you don't hate black people, but you don't approve of people being black.