depends on what you understand by bent.
And we need to see it under a bigger framework. This is where
hermeneutics come into the picture. Are your Christian friends
familiar with biblical hermeneutics?
besides, he also praised and promised the eunuchs of somewhere a
special place by him in heaven or something. eunuches can't "go
forth and multiply" can they?
I not read the verse in depth, but I can easily explain it as a
case of hate the sin but not the sinner. Well, the robber beside
Jesus was praised, didn't he? Similarly, no one is saying
homosexuals will not go heaven. Come on lah, Christians also self
admit they sin at least once in a while, but they are still damn
sure they go heaven.