My thoughts to ponder...... if being gay is "natural" in God's eyes, then why has the spread of AIDS afflicted us now? Why is this a disease of and for gays? I do agree with most of what Popcornbird posted, and we should all "hate the sin, love the sinner"! I feel like God has made it so that sinful things cause us distress, anguish, guilt, and suffering. This can also mean sinful actions .... therefore, being married to the opposite sex, if it was out of God's will, can also and DOES cause anguish, therefore ending in divorces, abuse, etc.

I have to also disagree that all gays / lesbians are born that way. Today, like most things, it's a "try it, you'll like it" society. I believe that many youngsters are pulled in to same sex relationships as a means to "fit in" with a certain crowd, just as they are pulled in to drug use, or any kind of promiscuity. I also think that some have just not been noticed enough by the opposite sex and out of insecurity, choose to become gay just to have an intimate relationship and acceptance of some kind. No, I would not teach my children to follow this path, because the Bible that I believe and trust in teaches against homosexuality, just as it does any form of adultery.