[Elsie]

It is not a sin to BE a gay, only to engage in any sex acts, gay or otherwise, outside of man/woman marriage.

Is it a 'sin' to be an adulterer; iffn you only THINK about it?

[Mrs. Don-o]

Elsie. Difference between an invited thought (which would be a sin, like "committing adultery in the heart") and an uninvited thought (which you sweep out with the broom of prayer --- or the dynamite of grace!)

One can be an "alcoholic" but not a drunk. I know alcoholics who have been clean and sober for years. They're still alcoholics, though. Same as a chaste, pure, God-pleasing person whose unbidden sexual attractions are for people of the same sex. Still homosexual in orientation, but not rolling out the welcome mat--- or the sofa-bed--- in his mind!

[2harddrive]

“Is it a ‘sin’ to be an adulterer; iffn you only THINK about it?”

Yes. Thinking LUSTFULLY about a sex act is just as sinful as actually doing it. And self-abuse is a sin just as mortal as adultery or rape. The Roman Catholic theology is that any intentional sexual release, OR willful thoughts that could incline one that way, outside of man/woman marriage, condemns one to Hell for eternity.