What's wishful thinking? That Saint Augustine said that? And ironic that you're accusing me of cherry picking since that's what you do. You know nothing about the so called anti-gay verses in the Bible. You just need justification to condemn a group of people you don't like.
"You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out he hates all the same people you do". - Anne Lamott
Saint Augustine:
But if one has relations even with one's wife in a part of the body which was not made for begetting children, such relations are against nature and indecent. In fact, the same apostle earlier said the same thing about women, "For their women exchanged natural relations for those which are against nature." quoting Romans 1:26 (Marriage and Desire, 20.35)"
Anastasios:
Clearly they (the females referred to in Romans 1:26) do not go into one another, but rather offer themselves to the men. (Brooten, 1996, p. 337n)
You're clearly oblivious to the fact that the anti-gay verses had different interpretations throughout the last 2000 years.
But of course, you can't possibly be wrong so I guess I should blindly follow your interpretation?