Anybody who's bothered to consider the Midrash or Talmud (as Jesus did) undestands that the crime of Sodom was their violation of Hach Nasat. There is no English equivalent of that term, because the Anglo-Saxons lack the concept. "Hospitality" barely scratches the surface.

The Lord's Holy People were nomads, "strangers in a strange land." For a nomad, a denial of "hospitality" is the worst crime imaginable. Amalek must be destroyed because it preyed on refugeees. And intermarriage with Ammonites and Moabites is forbidden because they denied hospitality to the Jews. Jesus himself said: "Become sojourners." God favored Abel over Cain precisely because Abel was a nomad (shepherd), and Cain was a sedentary (farmer), despite Cain's birth-right as first-born.

It was not the particular manner of violation (anal sex) which led to the destruction of Sodom, but rather the violation of Hch Nasat itself.

But I guess I should realize that bigoted homophobes would never see that, because they are generally anti-semitic as well, and eschew any reference to the pre-Christian Jewish tradition. It doesn't matter that Jesus and all his disciples were Jewish, and jesus himself relied completely on that tradtions. Bigots will always mis-read texts to support their bigotry.

Pax Christi is too kind. You people are pathetic. Come out of the cloest and give us all a break. Jesus will love you for acknowledging the truth.