My gay friends respect my beliefs, even when they don't agree with them (and most don't). As to sodomy laws, I have stated on this and other Christian message boards that I believe the Supreme Court's decision was correct based on the fact sodomy's laws are not equitably enforced. Check the definition of "sodomy" and you will find it is not limited to same gender sexual activity.
Rape is an act of violence, control, and forced, unwanted sexual activity. Rape is never acceptable. Gay men and lesbian women are not innately evil people anymore than straight people are innately evil. The Bible does not teach that being gay is a sin, it teaches that like adultery and fornication, gay sex is sin.
I have never said that all homosexuals can change their sexual orientation. I have acknowledged and linked to cites that affirm this on this board, other Christian message boards, and my website. The political religious right, and I would say most Christian's read the Bible with their own prejudices as a filter.
Leviticus 18:20
20 'And you shall not have intercourse with your neighbor's wife, to be defiled with her. NAS
Leviticus 18:22
22 'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. NAS
Leviticus 18:26
26 'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you NAS
No fault divorce laws are counter to Biblical truth since adultery is the only justification for divorce. Jesus taught that any man or woman who remarries after a divorce for any reason is committing adultery.
God did not create man gay or straight, He created us human. I think Gore Vidal may have succinctly stated this in one statement:
There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.