"Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. "

"Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death" 

The hateful rhetoric of Romans I is one reason why there needs to be a strong separation of Church and State to protect our citizens from those who swear loyalty to religions that call for the death of those acting in ways not approved of by the religious. How can any politician profess to believe in the literal interpretation of the bible or koran and respect the Constitution at the same time?