While I agree that the Sodomite problem started recently, you hit the nail on the head when you stated that this was a case of one thing leading to another. No matter how well intentioned, we should not and cannot accept any deviation from what Scripture lays out for us as acceptable. To do otherwise is courting disaster.
No comments on the other details :) because I see this issue as not a "ooh, lookit the slimey ....." rather as a Christian problem affecting me too -- the media don't really care about our differences, to them we are just standing in the way of the nice, happy gay folks just getting married.
I agree, this isn't a matter of "bash the sodomite", this is a matter of remaining salt and light to the world. If we're no different than the world we live in, then we deserve to have our candle removed. I could care less about what the media thinks or tries to portray, we all know that we won't get fair cover from those who are a part of this world, but I do care that we remain faithful to our commission, which is to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ without fail and without error. As Scripture states, one plants while another waters, but God gives the increase.
Also, I meant that we should not see this as just a “Methodist problem” — but one affecting each of us.