Thanks for the reply. I like the law of Moses approach.
I forgot to answer the other part of your question. You asked, "Why is the Church so up in arms about [homosexuality]?"
I don't view homosexuality as the mother of all sins, but as the child of all sins. It is near the very end of the narcissistic and self-destructive nature of humanity. It is the last chance to save yourself before you descend into the ultimate of "if it feels good, do it" and "to deny our baser impulses is to deny who we are."
The above describe bestiality, not humanity. Humanity doesn't say, "If it feels good, do it." Humanity says, "If it is right, do it." Humanity doesn't say, "To deny our baser impulses is to deny who we are." Humanity says, "To deny our baser impulses is to become who we are."
C.S. Lewis documented this all very well in his book, The Abolition of Man. If the moral slide isn't halted now, the abolition of man is complete. It may have been too late on 5/17/04 when the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts created a law allowing homosexual marriage.
Shalom.