Hi,
As a straight person, I believe it isn't just a gay vs. straight issue. It goes both ways, it's not brain washing, and I do think people are entitled to their beliefs, even if they are completely different from your own. It's not brain washing as you say. There are also church members as well as politicians that will happily accept a homosexual person just as easily as a heterosexual person. Please exclude groups of people when you're expressing an opinion as groups of people may not share the same views.
There is such a thing called, Heterophobia and it's just as bad.
Krista