Eric, I’ve had the same experience with regards to the Gideons. I sometimes wonder if their approach—thrusting Bibles into the hands of everyone they see—is actually productive, though. I’ve seen plenty of people take them just so that they can deface them, or use their pages on art projects, or to smash flies, or whatever. It seems like a waste. Plus, I don’t exactly like seeing the Scriptures abused like that, even though I know there’s no real significance to its physical reproduction.

Scott, I actually think that the Sodom story demonstrates that they weren’t dealing with actual orientations. If these were guys that only liked guys, why would Lot have offered his daughters? No, I think these were men who had adopted the ever-popular “screw anything that moves” orientation.