We don't have to act on them. And your post illustrates clearly that what was your desire at age x, was changed later in life. This is also applicable to the entire "gay" debate, IMHO. What may be your "desire" today, may not be your desire, tomorrow.
Some people choose to take drugs. And later in life they choose not to. Some people grow up obese, and later in life, they become not obese. To posit this as a genetic prediliction is to posit there should never be any criminal sentenced to a crime, no?
And this is exactly what was the basis of some liberal "judicial" thought in the 70s -- that the criminal, was only a criminal because society was at fault -- but that given time, the criminal would choose to not become a criminal. Ipso, abolish harsh criminal sentences.
It's interesting stuff to ponder, these 60s/70s mindset on "choice" versus "non-choice". In the liberal mindset, the criminal is forced to become a criminal ("No Justice/No Peace") by society; but they do not extend that logic to other areas. Like "gayness". I'm not equating gayness to being criminal here, I'm pointing out an insane double standard.
I'm hoping this is a typo.