I am always amazed at the enthusiasm and detail with which the Bible is quoted by people who have never read it in it's original form. Not being a speaker of Hebrew or Aramaic I have to trust the translators of the old testament - likewise those who translated the new testament from it's original Greek. By and large the translation used is the King James Version translated by 54 English scholars and bishops spread between Oxford, Cambridge and Westminster. So what is really being quoted is a series of books written largely by arabs and then translated by Englishmen 400 years ago and therefore reflecting the beliefs and standards of Englishmen in 1600.
That's not to say it's not valid, but a lot must have changed since it was originally written, such that taking it literally as the word of God is to place a great deal of faith in the objectivity of those select and elite members of mediaeval English society doing the translating.
In my opinion the King James version is indeed dated but it's still a great translation. That is not really an issue, anyway. For a lot has been discovered since the King James version was written, and what's been discovered tells us nothing has changed in regards to what the King James version tells us about homosexuality and what the more modern translations say about homosexuality.
Anything topical to post or are you simply disagreeing by method of ambiguous implication?
I certainly hope you're not suggesting that the LORD, the creator and sustainer of the Universe and all of creation, is not capable of ensuring the proper translation of His Holy Word. The one True source of His mighty authority, and His chosen method of communicating with His people.
I believe He's fully capable of overseeing it.
The King James Bible has been the source of the preaching that undergirded the greatest revival periods on at least three continents. It's still up to date. The English of the KJB is still spoken in many English-speaking regions, and I've visited several of them myself. It's teaching on the subject of morality, and the abominations of sodomy are absolutely correct.