Profound and Sometimes Preposterous Ponderings of Pete

Lately, I have read from a few Christian writers as well as multi-media posts and blogs, condemning homosexuality.  Is it a sin?  I believe that the Bible is specific that it is. Rom 1:24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.  26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. I will come back to that in a minute.  The thing that bugs me is why homosexuality is singled out by Christians.  I have heard it said that there is an applicable gradation to sin i

1 Cor 12:24 But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. I have so many times hesitated to ask for prayer because my needs seemed so much less than those who seemed to be "truly" suffering.  How can I complain about my pain when there are brothers and sisters in my local church who are confined to a wheel chair, or a walker, or etc?  Or how can I cry about my bills when there are people who are struggling to feed themselves or their children? Are you seeing my predicament? Well I have been in almost all of those places.  Not fun.   It never, I will say it again, it N E V E R feels good to experience the suffering.  There are many scriptures about suffering, some of which you have read or heard quoted to you.  In the interest of time, h