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"My interpretation of that passage would be this: the violent nature of men and their hostility to strangers is at issue here, not the sexuality of this particular episode."

I dunno bout you but homosexual rape would seem a bit 'violent' and 'hostile to strangers'.

"And Lot certainly doesn't paint himself in glory here, either, by offering up his daughters to be raped instead of his house guests. Gee, thanks Dad. Thanks for pushing us onto your sword."

Or it may be a distinct contrast describing the hospitality etiquette of the time. IOW, so grievous would the sin be that a man would rather see his daughters raped than allow guests in his home to be homosexually raped.

"Perhaps the angels were bent on reaping havoc on a wicked city instead of a bunch of homos?"

Or maybe the story is accurate on it's face after all?

I dunno bout you but homosexual rape would seem a bit 'violent' and 'hostile to strangers'.

Of course it would be violent and hostile to strangers. Are you suggesting heterosexual rape would be a free trip to Disney World?

Or it may be a distinct contrast describing the hospitality etiquette of the time. IOW, so grievous would the sin be that a man would rather see his daughters raped than allow guests in his home to be homosexually raped.

. . . or perhaps this is a bit of a stretch . . .

"Let's see, homosexual rape is so bad that instead of allowing two complete strangers to be raped by every man-jack in town, I'd rather see everyone rape my own flesh and blood instead. Because heterosexual rape is far better than homosexual rape."

Patently ridiculous on its face. No human parent in the world, except for the most depraved ones, would make that trade.

Or maybe the story is accurate on it's face after all?

Okay, but to believe this, you'd have to believe that every single male in Sodom was, in fact, a homosexual rapist. You'd have to believe that a human settlement would have been able to be established, maintained, etc., with all the daily intercourse of human activity like trade, co-operation, etc., over time enough to maintain it to the degree where it was so memorable to human history as for us, in this modern age, to know about it now, where the entire male population of that settlement was both a homosexual and a rapist.

You believe this?

Or maybe the story is accurate on it's face after all?

Not for a homosexual apologist. Even though sodomy got it's name from sodom.