It's a combination of these posts Sheikah. Firstly, my friend hadn't preached to me, this came up in conversation because I asked because one of his best friends is gay.
Secondly, you can't say that anti-gay views would effect the way they treat homosexuals, because it hasn't effected the way my friends treat each other. Even though one believes the other will burn in hell.
With this, to me, it felt like you lumped religious people together, not just leaving your last comment about a preacher as a separate comment. Which to me made it sound like it's ok to avoid religious people but not homosexuals.
If people want to avoid homosexuals, fair enough. I don't know why as I see no issue, but some people may and we have to be willing to accept that.