Without belaboring the point, let me tell you what I believe to be the major problem with trying to use the Leviticus passages to condemn homosexuality, because it’s the same problem as trying to use Genesis 19 (Sodom and Gomorrah) to do so. The problem with both the Sodom story and the Leviticus passages is that they do not deal simply with a violation of the law of hospitality (Sodom) or with two men having sexual relations with one another; they both deal with an abuse of power. Power is given to humans by God to be used for the benefit of all, and authority is given by God to certain humans according to their station in life, so they will have the capacity to fulfill their God-ordained function and thereby contribute to the formation and maintenance of a creative order that glorifies God and works to the mutual benefit of all participants in creation.