Homosexuality has always been with us, whether the law allows it or not. Heck, even the Muslim countries that punish it by death still have homosexuals. All the anti-sodomy laws did was encourage neighbors to report on each other to Big Government, just like in the Communist countries.
As long as it doesn’t involve coercion or underage children, I support the legal right of the sovereign individual to do as he pleases in his private life, even if it’s something I can’t imagine doing myself.
All the issues with them corrupting marriage etc were kept under wraps by keeping homosexual acts illegal.
Even if poorly enforced those laws did good service.