[yogenfruz]

The way I see things, and have seen them for a while now, religion isn't necessary in this day and age. Like others above me have said, it was used mainly to explain the unexplained events which would occur on a regular basis. Granted, this was when Gods were considered to be in control of singular objects/concepts such as Ra being the Sun God of ancient Egypt.
And this is where the basis of religion stems from; it has been stated that many, if not all religions have begun due to the ancient Egyptians being the first to create Godly figures in which to worship, fear, pray to, etc.

I myself, am an Atheist. And although I personally don't believe in "higher powers" or Gods, I do know that if it is one day proven, with physical, visible evidence that there really is a God, or Heaven, or Hell, I will gladly accept that. But at this point in time, science has been able to prove much more than religion has, and has been able to explain many of these originally unexplainable events.
As for the homsexuality issue, I don't see it as wrong at all. Again, like others above me have stated, animals in the wild with no human contact have performed homosexual acts as well. Just my thoughts.