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It should be a caution for the taker, but the restart is still a penalty kick. Taking the kick before the referee gives a signal is not, technically speaking, an offense.

We are missing an important piece of the puzzle here: play had started following the incident itself and the officiating crew was not made aware of it until half time. At that point, there is nothing the referee can do unless the AR or fourth official attempted to alert him before the restart...

Well, you've got your answer. The law does not require you to find it offensive, it requires the comment to be offensive, insulting or abusive. Regardless of whether the comment is, in and of itself, offensive it is certainly insulting both to gay people and, presumably, to the straight person...