I suspect Ghav knows that and was trying to catch me in a double standard, but I don't feel bound to every one of Pauls shopping lists found and made canon, because in a few instances he says point blank he's giving his opinion rather than the Holy Spirits divine judgement. What status, if any, Chloe and Phoebe had in the early Christian hierachy may be debateable, but it's undeniable that the bible represents Deborah as a Judge, which was pretty much the top of the Churchs mortal hierarchy at the time. That trumps Paul in my book (so to speak). I can't think of any such examples regarding homosexuals though. Arguments that any biblical or Church Fathers writings or subsequent Church history and tradition condone the practice are very new, and I know of none that don't either discount the MANY prohibitions or make biblical friends of the same sex into lovers. I'm willing to say it MIGHT be open to interpretation because I'm not God and still don't consider the scribes infallible, but if practicing homosexuality is permissible it's a pretty glaring oversight given all the HOSTILE language on the subject. Again, I'm not saying anyone should be kicked out of the Church over it, but if the issue of whether it offends God is that uncertain condoning it in Church leaders is unwise.