[Unassuaged]

I think that rape is a more horrible crime.
That said, rape seems to be property crime in the Bible, while homosexuality is specifically condemned, so I say that homosexuality is considered a greater sin.
To your question:
Homosexuality is more likely to be spoken out against, partly because rape is already a crime in the US everywhere.

So the great hypothetical question:

Is it worse to get a call from your son/relative/etc. saying:
I had a homo tryst.
or
I raped someone.

P.S. I am not an apologist - for anyone.

[HarleyD]

Is it worse to get a call from your son/relative/etc. saying: I had a homo tryst. or I raped someone.

How other people wish to live there lives is up to them. I have enough of my own sins to worry about. If my son called me up and said that he had a homo tryst or raped someone, then he must bear those consequences be he gets AIDS or is locked up for 30 years. I will be an understanding father knowing that we all fail. But I won't fight to get him out of his legal and moral obligations. Instead I would support him to live up to those consequences and to seek counseling.

What is being eroded are moral values. We are commanded to enact laws that are pleasing to God and those laws include sodomy and rape laws. Some of those laws are being erased from our books. What happens if there are no legal or social consequences for rape? Do you think society would be better off? Same way with homosexuality. Just because someone wants to do it in their home doesn't make it right.

I certainly don't need a wealthy author to tell me or thousands of kids it's an OK thing to be a homosexual when these people need counseling. If someone wish to ask me, then I would say that it is a sin before God and they need to ask God's help in overcoming this problem. Many people have overcome a lot worst things.