Yes we do need to have compassion for them, this reminds me of the APA and how they discourage any help at all for homosexuals and advise only encouragement.
There was an article posted a week or so back about the former president of the APA and how he stated that it was unprofessional of the APA to not support the help groups.
Did you catalog that link by the way?
"Gays" is a behavior not a status. The question posed is an effort to compound via implication that homosexual behavior is an imutable trait like skin color. Just point the very Goebles like propagada trick.
I agree with the former APA president. Those that engage in homsexual behavior must be advised of ALL options regarding homosexual conduct. In ANY other profession such an omission would be actionable as malpractice or even culpable negligence.
As for the APA they have very little credibility capital. Especially since their humiliation of having to back track on their removal of pedophilia from the DSM update. (they removed it and then put it back in after they were publicly exposed via issuing an adendum)
It's cataloged (in the wrong category but I'll fix that) here: Former APA President Supports NARTH's Mission Statement, Assails APA's Intolerance of Differing Views