You could have rather said (to a less awkward grammatical effect) "one must be heterosexual" but I digress. At any rate, your argument is invalid. Sexual orientation is not necessary to perform sexual intercourse and beget children - functional genitalia and fertile sperm/eggs are sufficient.
First: Why would ANY Christian want to call themself Gay, Lesbian, or Bi-Sexual?
OK, on to response.
Gentalia, sperm and ovum denote normality and literaly define the term "sexual orientation." If you have normally formed genitalia that produce sperm, you are a man. If you ovulate, you are a woman. There may be extremely rare cases where that is not the case, but that is not "homosexuality," or gay sex related.
There are numerous instances of closet homosexuals, who, while believing in the public misconception that homosexuality is a social choice, marry and have children. One of my close friends is one such example.
Contemplate the words you are writing. "Closted homosexual," is a neologism that is literally meaningless except for driving a wierd agenda. It is a mental choice to engage in any kind of sex act, and of course we could get graphic about body functions that define normality and literally "point" to sexual orientation. What goes up, er, is to be used the way natural law has defined it.
Please show me where in scripture does it say that having a homosexual orientation is a sin.
Homosexual orientation is not "in" the Bible. On sexual behavior "in the Bible" there are only people doing the right kind of sex and the ones doing the wrong kind of sex. The Bible is well known for its view that same-gender sex acts are the wrong kind of sexual acts. "Sexual orientation" is a modern day neologism to describe how homosexuals feel about themselves.
Several of my college friends are homosexual - and devout Catholics.
Not according to Catholic doctrine. Why would they desire to be in the Catholic Church if they like gay sex? There are some other religious organizations that support that kinf of thing. Why the need to be in a Church that desires them to stop doing what they want to sexually? It just doesn't seem honest or respectful to Christians that will not affirm gay sex, for gays to force their sexual tastes on them.
They follow the teachings of the Catholic church and strongly believe that homosexuals are called to a life of celibacy - a teaching of the Catholic Church. They also believe homosexual acts are grave sins - also a teaching of the Catholic Church. Please stop with the stereotyping unless you can back up your statements.
A sin repented of is no where to be found. "It" no longer exists. I am very familiar with "not" doing things you need to repent of AND DOING things you need to repent of. Once you repent (and as the case with "even" the Catholic Church) and are forgiven you no longer are your former sinful self. You go on from there. If God will not hold forgiven sins to account (literally) why would anybody else?
Desiring gay sex and engaging in gay sex are two different things.
Uh yes. OK. If you are desiring to bring "no gay sex" into the Church, then you will be greeted as a Christian. if you are thinking of sneaking it in under false pretenses, you had better be ready to repent or bear the consequences of existing where you stand until you do. There are too many signals that gays desire access to "The Church" to attempt to legitimize gay sex and gay culture. I can assue you, that will never happen. It_will_never_happen.
One can lead to the other, but it is not a necessity. Just as a person need not engage in heterosexual sex to be identified as a heterosexual, so neither does a homosexual need to engage in gay sex to be seen as such.
You are talking about judging a person. What Christian can do that? You don;t judge a person for their mindset. You can though, test them and their behaviors and actiions within the Church and/or outside of the Church, "IF," the call themsleves a Christian AND a member of your Church body.
Humanism? What does humanism have to do with our discussion?
Actually EVERYTHING!!!!!!!! It is from the Humanist Manifesto and other related works of Humanists, and the belifes and social demands of humanists that homosexuals were given their greatest support and power. What we see today sprang from the Humanist movement into our "education" system decades ago. Please, please, test me on that. Read what humanists truly desire and teach in such an authoritarian manner, that all must submit to their secular demands. Read the Humanist ideology on "family." You will see the basis for the gay movement gaining the power it has attained, and the power it will achieve.
It also will have nothing to do with, or in Christianty, as Christian life and culture is explained by the Apostles, in gaining its power through gay activism. The Gay Agenda is antithetical to Christian truth. That is why you see the animosity between gays and Christians. Literally, schism is but one fruit of gay activism.
Exactly how do you define "homosexuality"?
Part of the sodomy condition. That is the way "it" is taught in scripture. You see Sodom and Gomorrah almost exclusively mentioned along with sexual sin.
It is the call of every Christian NOT to encorage others to sin. Sodomy is the engagement of sin and the encouraging of others TO sin.
Inhospitality and lasciviousness licentiousness go hand in hand. The haughty defined quite well, by the Prophets and Apostles alike.
Why would ANY Christian want to call themself Gay, Lesbian, or Bi-Sexual?
Please answer that.