[DBeers]

Homosexuality is defined by behavior, i.e., unless one engages in sexual activity with a member of the same sex, he, or she, is not a homosexual. (The term sexual orientation is a diversionary tactic employed to rhetorically cloud the issue.)

Let me add my two cents. One could think of actual homosexuality being just as you defined it --in essence, a "homosexual" is a disordered heterosexual -disordered because he/she chose to or chooses to engage in the disordered activity of homosexual sex...

However, as to "sexual orientation" -think of "sexual orientation" as feelings... Those suffering the homosexual disorder claim to have feelings of predisposition cause unknown to engage in the disordered activity of homosexual sex...

If they do not act on those feelings then they simply suffer from the homosexual disorder and are not actually one time, practiced, and or severely addicted "homosexuals" ...

e.g. one may think of bowling without being a bowler AND one may be a bowler without being a professional bowler...

[Lucky Dog]

If they do not act on those feelings then they simply suffer from the homosexual disorder and are not actually one time, practiced, and or severely addicted "homosexuals"...

Any human behavior (not driven by autonomic or instinctual responses) that is not voluntary is, by definition, a psychosis.

Therefore, homosexual behavior is either a voluntary choice or a psychosis.

One can “feel” extreme rage at another human being. However, unless, and until, the angry person acts there is no problem, i.e., no one is a murderer for just “feeling” like he, or she, wants to kill another.

Having “feelings” of lust does not make a man rapist unless, and until, he acts on these “feelings.” A woman can “feel” like she wants to sell her body, but unless, and until, she acts on these “feelings,” she is not a prostitute.

e.g. one may think of bowling without being a bowler AND one may be a bowler without being a professional bowler...

No one is a bowler, professional, amateur, or otherwise, without having first having bowled regardless how many times he, or she, may have thought about it.

Similarly, no person who has refused to engage in homosexual behavior is a homosexual regardless how many times he, or she, may have thought about it