The only reason being gay is such a big deal is Becuase everyone makes a big deal out of it. Honestly, a lot of people that are against it don't care if you do it, they just get annoyed with the amount of publicity it gets.
people need to stop making a big deal out of it and dragging it into situations of life that have nothing to do with it, (football) and maybe "gay bashers" will go away and accept it, then we wouldn't be having conversations like this.
To put it In sports terms, why do most people despise the cowboys/patriots/Yankees/celtics/penguins? Because those are the teams that get ALL of the attention. On the other hand, you have lots of people siding with them Becuase it's the cool thing to do and they want to be accepted. Maybe if espn stopped giving these teams all the press, the haters would be fewer. See the similarities ?