"I wish people would stop trying to personalise this discussion, it
proves nothing. My personal opinions have no bearing on the points I
make."

But hatred IS, by its nature very personal, Ake.

I stand by my position--- those who preach that homosexuality is
inherently immoral and then connect that position with opposition
to same-sex marriage are knowing participants in the cycle of hatred
which raises up generation after generation of homophobes, a few
of them violent, all of them perfectly willing to insert their
prejudices between those whom they hate and fear and equal protection
under the law.

Remove that link in the chain, and you break the chain.

Furthermore, I don't see any other link which CAN be successfully
removed.