Bible Barbara vs. Lacey

I grew up in a very religious home where homosexuality was a "sin". As I developed my own thoughts and ideas while growing up, going to college and meeting people from all walks of life, I disagree with what I was brought up to believe. I always find it interesting when I hear debates about homosexuality and the Bible since that was the most important book in my household. I found this while I was bored, Stumbling at work (stumbleupon.com--awesome if you're ever bored!!) and thought it was AWESOME :) I like to call it Bible Barbara vs. Lacey...

Bible Barbara: Homosexuality is a sin, Lacey, and it is in black and white in the Bible.

Lacey: So is not treating your body like a temple. And ladies should have their head covered. And in Deuteronomy, a marriage is only valid if the woman is a virgin, and she should be executed is she is not...and that anyone who commits adultery should be stoned to death. In Mark, divorce is prohibited. I assume for homosexuality, you're referring to Leviticus 18:6: "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female. It is an abomination." A similar verse occurs two chapters later, in Leviticus 20:13: "A man who sleeps with another man is an abomination and should be executed." Leviticus is a holiness code written 3,000 years ago. It also includes prohibitions against round haircuts, tattoos, working on the Sabbath, wearing garments of mixed fabrics, eating pork or shellfish, getting your fortune told, and even playing with the skin of a pig. (There goes football!). I believe in morality, which is doing right regardless of what I am told...not in religion, which is doing what I am told regardless of what is right. You're welcome to your own interpretation of the Bible and of politics, of course, but from me, I need more than "the Bible says so" to justify certain things in this world and certainly to judge them.