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So I guess people born with the need to kill people aren't committing a sin either since they didn't choose to be born with the need to murder people.

According to most Christians, no, they're not... unless and until they act on that need. Note the quote. "The homosexual orientation is not chosen and, therefore, is not sinful..." It doesn't say "The act of homosexual fornication is not chosen and, therefore, is not sinful..." They're saying you can't choose to whom you're attracted and so won't be held accountable for that... but you can choose what to do about your attraction.

You don't sin, according to the popular view, until you actually commit a sinful act.

Of course, Christians with this view aren't familiar with Matthew 5:28. Those that are realize that all lust (heterosexual or homosexual) is sinful, that all of us are guilty of it, and that we all need God's forgiveness.

Put another way, since fornication between any two people is sinful, being attracted to another person of the same sex is just as sinful as being attracted to a person of the opposite sex to whom you are not married.

How is one to go forth and multiply--following God's command--when the means is sin in the form of attraction? Perhaps you meant to say "lust after," which is different. Your general idea is certainly biblical.

You don't sin, according to the popular view, until you actually commit a sinful act.

I wonder how many of those calling themselves Christians that hold to that view also accept a works righteousness view of salvation. The Bible clearly rules out both.