Where is the room for interpretation in, "Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable."? (Leviticus 18:22) Or, "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."? (Leviticus 20:13)
First of all, thank you for your comments. I appreciate your thoughtful words, and that you are not condescending or judgmental.
As for the Leviticus verses you quoted above, I can answer your question by saying there is exactly the same room for interpretation as there are in these verses:
"Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you. Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. 'You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you."
Lev 11:4-8
"Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire. So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an offense; it will not be accepted."
Lev 19:5-7
"These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully observe in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. You shall tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and burn their Asherim with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place."
Deut 12:1-3
I'm sure you're familiar with the first one. Homosexuality is as sinful as eating bacon.
In the second, according to Scripture, if you leave an offering in an offering plate, and it is not used within 3 days, you need to be put to death.
And as for the last, allowing your enemies whom you have defeated to have any building standing in their lands ... guess everything we're doing in Iraq, trying to rebuild there, is abomination.
This was exactly my point. Christians are all to happy to point to Leviticus to condemn homosexuality, while they enjoy their bacon cheeseburger. That is pick-and-choose.