Wait? Now what?

Today, I found myself speaking to someone, who made the following statement: I respect gays, but I don't promote Homosexuality. This just seemed to carry a basic misunderstanding of gays in general, that being gay yourself promotes homosexuality in others, which it doesn't. (No matter how much the conservative media and religious right would like you to believe.) 

I'm quite tired of people using the word "Gay" as an insult. Before you start thinking anything, I'm straight, as all my awkward crushes will tell you (Unfortunately) But it's just wrong for one group of people to use the name of another group of people in a derogatory manner, (Unless that name is warranted) It just shows ignorance and unwillingness to accept others for the way that they are. Whenever I tell people around me to stop using it as an insult, they don't take it seriously, they just say later, "That's so homosexual." It's really not a joke, it's not. Very few people these days say "That's so white, That's so Black, That's so asian." Well, people who use gay in an insulting manner might as well say "That's so white." it fits their personality, and their intelligence. And while they're at it, they might just want to start wearing really loose denim coveralls, go to the Westboro Baptist Church every sunday, and going to bed with their cousins. Anyways. 

Another option, people like the one I spoke of at the top, might just not have the balls to admit to their beliefs, or just hold onto their illogical beliefs even when reason and logic disproves them.