1llsbeth, you have asked a question with a million pitfalls, but ultimately one that is best answered by your own self. In my own Christian faith, I have read account after biblical account proving to me beyond all reasonable doubt that homosexual actions are an abomination to our God of Israel and that which is an abomination to Him should be for me also. I am also torn on this issue because I have seen for myself the hurt and misery associated with these individuals, the loneliness and despair they have experienced and their plea for some kind of general acceptance, be it through marriage or just a sense of belonging to society and not be an outcast.
A priest that I know of is an admitted homosexual. He once said in a forlorn way and while he shrugged his shoulders "I'm just broken". It struck me hard because the man had chosen a life of celibacy - a life of complete withdrawal of any form of human intimacy. How magnanimous was his decision. How powerful, I thought, was this devotion.
I think what I'm saying is that God asks a lot from those people so endowed. Besides being confronted with daily temptation or associating with other like minded people, we're in an accepting worldly society, and a conflicting church, so the homosexual may not be so inclined to follow our God's teachings and would ultimately not taste the touch of the Holy Spirit, the magnificent approval of our God attained by self denial. A lot of us won't taste that manna.
So, 1llsbeth, would seeking an exclusive same-sex relationship without becoming physically intimate a wise option for a homosexual? Search your heart for God's direction.
