If you want an idea of the Roman attitude towards sexuality, think of this: it did not matter to the Romans that Caligula had sex with men.
It mattered that he made a horse a senator.
Add to that Judean acceptance of Ruth and David and you get the idea: sexuality was NOT an issue in the ancient world.
It has been noted that nowhere in the gospels does Jesus make any mention of Leviticus 18:22 or 20:13.
This is what Rashi (Torah/Talmud commentator, 1040-1104 CE, Troyes) had to say about them (Chumash [Torah] im Rashi):
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