I'd love to see what christians would do if they knew of the secret gospel of Mark
In that - Jesus actually partakes in a homosexual act
Yes Toiletanger - I'm aware of this and TBH it doesn't bother me at all whether Jesus was straight, gay or bi. Sex is the least important thing, really, and yet people (and yes, that includes many Christians) make it into the biggest one. Our obsession with sex (devoid of love) is bewildering, and heartbreaking, because it leads to some much pain and outright cruelty.
That Jesus was unmarried in an era and a culture where most people married very early (from 13 onwards) had always interested me (though there have been suggestions that he was an Essene, a religious group who did not marry). If he was indeed homosexual, that might be an explanation, though personally I don't think it matters. FWIW I don't think that his was a Virgin Birth either - and I think the miracle of natural birth is so great it can't be topped by anything else - life, growing inside another life, and emerging into the world! What is more miraculous than that? (I do believe in the Resurrection.)
We have to remember that Jesus was a paradox - fully divine AND fully human - beyond our mortal understanding. I believe that like other men (and women) he had sexual feelings, and strong feelings of affection for his friends. As a man - a fully human man - this was inevitable.
However he was a man of his time - we are none of us uninfluenced by our upbringing - and as I read the Gospels I see him gradually coming to realise who he is (divinely) and what his task is (to make God's love known in the whole world). He starts off in his on community - with the Jews - and moves into the Gentile community as God reveals his mission to him - The Samaritan woman at the well, the Canaanite woman who asked him to heal her daughter - like all of us learning our job, he was taken a step at a time, with for his sake and for that of the people he was bringing God's message to. Had he stood up and said - "Women are as good as men; children should be protected, not exploited; same-sex relationships are as valid as any other" he would never have got past the starting line.
I think that the main thing a thread like this shows is how very complex the subject is, and how it is complicated by the beliefs and biases and prejudices we all have, as a result of our upbringing and our life experiences. It is far too complicated to be properly addressed on a forum like this one.
I think, as others have said, treating other people the way we would want to be treated is the key to harmony everywhere - but my word, it is HARD sometimes.
Actually - it is hard always.