I know it like the back of my hand. All of the Bible. I don't say that to be arrogant, but I spend a great deal of time reading Sacred Scripture. Yes, I agree with it. You still haven't answered my question though.
How do the references you gave from Scripture excuse homosexual conduct which the Bible condemns? Let's use some context here, okay? You can't pick and choose out of Scripture only the passages that you like best and try to use them to say homosexual conduct is biblically permissable. It isn't!
I am on my way out right now, I'll respond to your other points later. What you need to remember is that I don't believe the Bible to be 100% accurate as God's word. We disagree on that. But I DO like these two chapters..and they are not the only ones.
Again, the reason I posted them is not to justify homosexual or any behavior but to highlight the passages that God is Love and the prime importance of love expressed in those two chapters.
Perhaps you can understand that we come from such wildly divergent places in our belief systems that it is a challenge to find things that we can agree on and that I am trying to use your language even though it is not mine.