> Yes, that's truly stupid to withhold help for people trying to do the right
> thing and not hurt others, especially if they haven't done anything wrong yet
> other than 'think about it'. Lord knows that most of us 'think about' doing
> the odd thing that is illegal or could harm someone but we don't get punished
> for just thinking about it, let alone seeking help to control it.

Wait until the thought police become a thing.  There are those here in the
states that would like that (although they'd also be the ones most likely
to accept paedophilia as a sexual orientation or gender).

> In a less severe example I know for many years a large number of homosexuals
> became priests because, if you had to swear off of sex anyways, it was better
> to ignore your tendencies there rather than do something totally unacceptable
> at the time. They still claim there is a much higher percentage of gay priests
> than there is in society. Rather ironic I suppose, going into one of the few
> professions that still condemn you for it..

Yes, I have heard that also.  I also heard that, although to a lesser
extent, about nuns.  Apparently several societies who persecuted homosexuals,
including Hitler's Germany, usually only did so in the case of males.

Mike


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