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I’m going to consign a very good friend to hell?

Excuse me for butting in (but your original comment was directed toward me).

First of all, you are not consigning your very good friend to hell. His own actions are doing that.

If he is your very good friend, I would think that you want what is ultimately the best for him: and that would be for him to spend eternity in heaven. If he is sodomizing his same-sex partner on a regular basis (or is being sodomized...or both), you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that heaven will not be his ultimate destination.

A suggestion for you:

Homosexuals, virtually always, want to have full acceptance and approval of their perversion...almost like they have an innate need for you to give them permission to do as they do.

I'm not suggesting that you reject him as a friend. But when the topic comes up, don't give him your permission. For example:

Don't play into their little game -- his friend s ontologically not his "husband". As Msgr Pope mentioned yesterday, don't fall for the "nominalism" game.
If they talk to you about how you feel about it, don't take the chickens*** option and say, "as long as you're happy..." Unambiguously let them know you cannot approve of their sexual behavior. I'm not saying doing so in a cruel way...rather, be like Jesus with the adulteress: "Go and sin no more"
If they insist upon doing some of their PDA in front of you, let them know you don't care to see that behavior and, if they are your guests, that you won't tolerate it in your home

Chances are you don't need to quote Scripture to them on the issue: I would wager 99.999999999% that they already know that their behavior is condemned. And I don't care if he/they are atheists or not. The Natural Law is what it is, no matter how much atheists want to ignore it.

The biggest thing is to be a light in the darkness to them. Don't condone, don't accept, don't permit. It is very possible to do that while not condemning the person.