Aloha brother johnlf,
To all that you said.
I am in complete agreement with your "reading" of the Scriptures. {I couldn't have said it any better myself.}
The Bible (New Testament) is crystal clear on these matters; it's just too bad that so many of today's Christians IGNORE the Scriptural instructions concerning this issue!
It's a real pleasure to see someone "rightly divide" the Holy Scriptures, instead of
CHANGING them to "
MEAN" what ever they want them to "
MEAN"!