@Frank Apisa,
Quote:What Jesus is quoted as saying is:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets. I have come, not abolish them, but to fulfill them. Of this much I assure you: UNTIL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY, NOT THE SMALLEST LETTER OF THE LAW, NOT THE SMALLEST PART OF A LETTER, SHALL BE DONE AWAY WITH UNTIL IT ALL COME TRUE."
Here's what I mean about not reading correctly.
You have placed emphasis on the wrong part.
"DO NOT THINK THAT I HAVE COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. I HAVE COME, NOT TO ABOLISH THEM BUT TO FULFILL THEM. Of this much I assure you: until Heaven and Earth pass away, not the smallest letter of the law, not the smallest part of a letter, shall be done away with until it all come true."
The Law still exists, as do some of its penalties. However, God (through Jesus) has taken the sting out of the Law, but living up to it, and taking the penalty.
This is the "scandal to the Jews, and folly to the Gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23), that Jesus died on the cross. To Jews, it is a scandal, because they are told that God chose THEM. How dare God choose these Christian heretics. To Gentiles, it is folly. This Jesus guy died for me? Ridiculous.
Here's something that will seemingly have nothing to do with what I've been talking about, but I'll talk about it anyway, to see if you can get what I'm saying.
Today, we were building a 3D wooden model (basically, a puzzle). At one point, I had a clockwork gear. The way the instructions explained it, the wooden shaft was supposed to go in a hole, then on the other side a washer, a gear, and another washer went on. Against my dad's protests, I put one of the washers on the other side. I just didn't like how the shaft seemed to slip, so I used the washer to protect the other side. It didn't line up quite right with the other cogs, however, I kept it there. It turned out that the adjoining gears were too high if assembled as originally planned according to instructions. However, the instructions for the other cogs involved a metal rod, rubber washer, another rubber washer, wooden washer, gear, and another wooden washer. I discovered that the top didn't really stay on, so I moved the second rubber washer to the top. These gears now all clicked just fine. Right, wrong, the important thing here was to be consistent. Maybe long term, the way I put it together will be an issue, but that's later.
In the same way, maybe in the end God will judge the gays. Maybe he'll judge those who judge the gays. Or people who don't have a strong opinion either way. But for now, we don't make that kind of judgement call. As long as the gears turn, it's all good.