Drag whomever you want into the discussion. Yes, you are right, there are thematic differences in the Old and New testament...There is a whole new order of things in the Christian Greek Scriptures.

Quite frankly, my main point in engaging the bible itself was to point out the differences in current church doctrine and Chirst's initial message to his followers. Hatred and suppression were the farthest things from his intent. There is no justification for telling me that I am entitled to less of an existence because I am gay. None. This is a cruel and violently incaurate reading of the texts...but such practices are not new to the church, and are not likely to dissapear from it. You cannot begin to deny that history proves over and over again that the church is inclined to misenterpret biblical passages and twist them to thier own ends. It is simply and irrefutable fact, documented with countless examples in history texts.