There are many legitimate reasons to dislike gay people.

Longtime lurker, first-time wanka. Bear with me if my html goes wacky on us.

Over at scans_daily , kirke_novak  posts a panel from Ultimate X-Men #70 in which Nightcrawler (a visibly mutant hero) confides in comatose teammate Dazzler that he can no longer be Colossus's friend after learning that the latter is a homosexual.

Readers are naturally upset by this, since Nightcrawler's description of Colossus as an 'abomination' and the suchlike is pretty much exactly what people have been calling Nightcrawler himself for much of his life, simply because of his demonic appearance.

Some people think it's an unrealistic depiction of the character, because of this, while others think it's a fairly natural reaction for a very religious teenager without past exposure to such a thing. But overall, everything is very civil.

Then sir_montag  shows up to laud Nightcrawler for 'telling the truth', and proclaim that there are 'many legitimate reasons' to dislike gay people. Especially the part where their sexual behavior is 'devastating' in terms of the spread of AIDS.

Small as yet, but it's already taking off.