[lil_cain]

The rules in the bible are hebrew purity laws, which do not apply to gentiles (as decided in Acts). The verses most often used against homosexuality are not hebrew purity law - they're from St. Paul's letters.

[dghf]

By that measure, having women priests/ministers (or just letting a woman conduct a reading, as even the Catholic Church does) is also a no-no:

"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak" -- 1 Corinthians 14:34.

And clerical celibacy is also out:

"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife" -- 1 Timothy 3:2.