Of course, the Bible contains explicit statements condemning homosexual activity in all forms.  Jennings explains that the biblical material dealing with homosexuality can be reduced to five texts--two verses from Leviticus and three from the New Testament.  Liberal theologians determined to find support for theological behavior must deal with these specific texts, and Jennings acknowledges that these texts seem "to require additional work."  Additional work, indeed.  What Jennings proposes is to ignore those specific texts and to jump over the entire argument by appealing to an absurd reading of the entire New Testament for evidence justifying homoerotic relationships and attraction. 

Jennings argues that his approach is "pro-gay" rather than defensive in dealing with the biblical texts.  Reading the Old Testament, he finds parallels in the relationship between Jonathan and David or Ruth and Naomi.  The biblical texts, he commends, should be read "from the perspective of a contemporary gay or clear sensibility."  He explains: "Here the aim is to discover how the text appears when it is read from a standpoint affirmative of gay or queer reality--that is, what the text means now, when viewed from this perspective." 

Those unfamiliar with the bizarre science of liberal theology and modern biblical studies may be unfamiliar with the way the post-Christian scholars approach the text.  Rather than dealing with the text as it is given and clearly intended to be understood, they look for hidden "strategies" by which the text can be read to mean the opposite of what it clearly states. 

In describing his methodology, Jennings proposes:  "The task of a gay reading thus entails a multiple strategy of interconnected readings of texts.  By attending to the distinction between and relations among these strategies, we become better acquainted with the biblical text itself as well as with the varied aspects of liberationists readings generally."  If that sentence makes clear sense to you, you probably need counseling.