text: Scripture must be read critically or else you are proof texting.  Was I interpreting Romans 1 or Timothy incorrectly?  Neither broke ground.  The points they made were about sex in pagan society and about the law in general (which is a reference to Leviticus, which is culture bound, not universal in that it was meant to keep Jewish culture separate from the Babylonian culture).  Of course, much of the opposition to gay marriage today seems more cultural/group affirming than moral analysis.  Decent moral analysis has to do with the question scripturalists evade - were gays born/created that way?  The CDF letter (not even an encyclical) said gays were disordered (a natural law sophistry, not a scriptural term) because we were all getting too close to allowing gay marriage, which would damage the Catholic brand and become inconvenient for those who blame child sex abuse on gays.  Science answers the question differently than the Rebi of Babylon did and that scares the hierarchy.