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That's an interesting parallel with St. Paul's position on sexual morality. He appears to condemn varieties of homosexual behaviour, but it's in the context of institutionalised behaviour in Roman society which possibly parallels that in Afghanistan today.

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A communication misfire I see frequently across perceived ideological boundaries may be summarized as such:

Person A: "social phenomenon XYZ is being abused / misappropriated / spun in a way by people with power"

Everyone else: "you are a bigot who opposes XYZ!"

Person A: reasons that if honest self-expression and concern expressed with nuance yields nothing but insults in response that maybe their original position was too cautious...

Interestingly, St. Paul actually condemns both "homosexual" behavior and 'fornication' in very similar terms, and the latter is probably a reference to the practically institutionalized pandering of female slaves as prostitutes that was also a major part of Graeco-Roman sexual norms.

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