Secondly, it’s quite difficult to say that homosexuality is a cultural issue, but other sexual sins are not. The only justifiable way to accomplish this (since the prohibition on homosexuality is in both the Old and New Testaments) is to go with the “no harm” standard, but as seen above, this standard is insufficient. Without it, there is no reason to allow homosexuality, but forbid polygamy or promiscuity. By appealing to culture when proper hermeneutics simply does not allow for cultural appeals given the passages of Scripture forbidding homosexuality, you set up an arbitrary standard. You might have a standard, but being arbitrary it lacks justification.

As a side note, since I reject arbitrary standards, that is another reason why I reject the “no harm” ethic; “harm” can be and in most cases is a subjective thing because it relies on the human experience.