btw Catholics and Protestants don't even have the same Bible, so which one is 'inspired by God'?
The so called 'authority' of the Bible historically came from the Catholic Church. If this authority is not open to debate why do Protestants reject the Catholic Bible?
Most Catholics and Protestants use the King James Version of the bible. Pretty much the best one of the ones out there. Any respectable person won't use that New American nonsense.
Read the book of Romans sometime Al. It does specifically condemn homosexual acts.
...as part of one of his [Paul's] general rants about sexual immorality. Most of what he said on that subject is ignored by most churches (not to say that should be the case, but to say that some consistency on this subject would be helpful) even the ones he was writing to.
He seems to have based his views on sexulity on Leviticus, btw.
No part of the bible should really be 'ignored' per se, as it is all relevant to Christianity. Of course the Old Testament rules don't apply to Christians as they were "nailed to the cross" but to get the whole picture of what the bible means you must take into account every aspect of the writing.