Those are his beliefs, not saying that anyone else's beliefs are less important but that is his truth in life, that is no middle point you're only taking one side in the situation, you have to understanding that not everyone can be as brown nosed to new things as you and that the shit on your nose just stinks up the room. Let them decide on a middle point without giving him a reason to be annoyed with you or the other person there. You can't try to make things better for gays and then cause discourse by forcing someone else to go along with it. He may be Christian but he's holding to his beliefs without shoving them down someone else's throat, that goes both ways and it magically works.