Bravo!
The second premise is that hearing a counselor articulate the view that the patient has some degree of control over his sexuality would heighten, rather than attenuate, his feelings of confusion and anxiety. In this regard, Boortz has characterized the situation inaccurately.
I read that there is no gene or predisposition associated with homosexuality.
As to the first premise, it seems that boys (and girls) grow up more comfortable with friends of the same sex. This includes their sexual awakening, discovery, and talk about the pleasure associated with genitalia, and curiosity about the opposite sex. The male and female genitalia are made for union. About 1% of the boys never make the adjustment to the opposite sex. Instead, they focus on the intense pleasure associated with their own genitalia and their own sex. This obsession becomes their primary focus in life.
I do not know where the confusion and anxiety come from; the natural law is union between a man and a woman. Perhaps the confusion and anxiety occur because the people involved know deep down that their focus on themselves sexually is unnatural and perverted, especially if they include another person of the same sex. Given a circle and a cylinder, 99% of the people will figure out how to combine them. Maybe 1% will become obsessed with two circles or two cylinders, forever attempting to combine like and like, and forever frustrated, confused, and anxious.
This does not address the mental and physical risks to health and well being, shorter life span, and a long list of diseases including AIDS, that these misguided men and women face. Maybe that is another source of confusion and anxiety, IMO.
bump that...