Dante and Homophobia

You should check out Rick Hills' post over at PrawfsBlawg on the possibility of non-homophobic opposition to same-sex relationships, as seen through the lens offered by Dante.  Here's the opening:

A conservative friend of mine protested my recent post that used the term “homophobia” to refer to persons who disapprove of same-sex sexual relationships. He noted that such disapproval is not necessarily “phobic”: It could simply be based on some perfectly rational theory of sexual morality. As a theoretical matter, I tend to think that my friend is correct: Disapproval of homosexuality is not necessarily phobic, as a matter of logical necessity. But much –- probably most -- modern disapproval is, in my view, probably phobic as a matter of fact.

UPDATE: To be clear, while Hills' post is worth reading, his reasoning is, in my view, far from air-tight, as I've tried to indicate in the comments.