It’s a serious disorder, though not chosen. It’s far more serious than finger-nail biting. You have to take it with the seriousness it deserves. To do less is to be unfair to people afflicted with the disorder.
Though it is a disorder, people with the disorder have the moral challenge of not acting out on the disorder. That’s where the choice comes int.
A. For the tiny percentage of the population which much empirical data reveals to have an INBORN disorder, I believe these ought to be free to choose to live with a homosexual partner. I do not believe God condemns these in any manner. To me, they are like the deaf or blind: Just different.
B. For the far greater percentage of confused and psychologically misguided youth, being misled by someone like Dan Savage, who jumps from college campus to college campus, encouraging experimentation, sex games, early “coming out”, hanging out at gay bars and clubs, I have a different judgment: Cultural Decadence. Nihilism. Should be stopped. God does judge this.
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A AND B makes all the difference in the world. Let us forget A. Let us focus only on B. Houghton M would surely agree that NARTH is only concerned with B. Right, Houghton???
It’s more serious, granted, like a fatal pneumonia is more serious than a case of the sniffles. But in another sense it’s the same kind of thing. Such emphasis is being put by some on how horribly bad wrong it is, that some of the rest react without reflection by saying it’s not wrong at all. Yes it’s wrong, and yes, the compassion of society should be focused to want to help the habitual sinner overcome his habitual sin through every good means. The very idea of, say, a Homos Anonymous would be hooted down in today’s politically correct atmosphere. This is so, so wrong.