Therein lies part of the problem in these discussions. Interpretations. The word “homosexuality” was not in King James original version, for example. It could not have been because the word itself was not in existence until Freud first coined it in the 19th century. I was raised on the KJ but haven’t read one for years so it may be there now. I do have The Living Bible and it is in there. It’s a re-interpretation from the earlier “effeminate” which is itself and interpretation from Greek, which was an interpretation from Hebrew which is an interpretation from Aramaic which…..well, you get my point.

The original ancient languages of the Biblical writings had no word for homosexuality because the cultures surrounding early Christianity made no such distinction. People had sex with men or women. That was it and, apparently for the most part, it was a matter of little concern and it didn’t become an issue until the 2nd or 3rd centuries as what we now know as the Roman Catholic Church began to take shape and the religious leaders got hung up on sex and gender issues, often for political reasons.

The word “homosexual” is a glaring example of people with personal agenda changing “jots and tittles” to suit their own theological notions.

And just an ironic note: King James was a flaming queen, so much so that his advisers had to repeatedly admonish him to tone it down lest he upset the people he ruled.

The media is complicit in this. Politicians and religious conservatives rant on about how gay marriage is harmful to marriage in general but they never say how, and the media never insists they explain. Why is that?

Because if thats the case, then a lot of people are going to heaven even though they do horrid things.