[AmericanChef]

If you're homosexual first, and religious second, I can see how this confusion and disappointment might come about, but to blame the church for their beliefs is just ridiculous.

Since homosexuality is an emotional issue, it's up to supposedly faithful individuals to control those emotions; the church simply backs you up.

[AFPhys]

The whole point the Pope was making was that homosexuality is neither an emotional issue, or that "homosexual orientation" is not a sin, but that homosexual BEHAVIOR is sinful and degrading to the human spirit. Not to be accused of hypocrisy, he also taught that heterosexual behavior outside of a marriage commitment is sinful and is deigned by God for procreation as well as spousal bonding - and therefore the need for condoms or concern about spreading AIDS is rendered moot.