Bonovox

In a great post about founding Jesus Freak "Lonnie Frisbee,"  Huw makes this excellent point:

Protestants seek to "cure" someone. Having named him "cured" of his sin, he becomes an "ex-gay" and God protect him from his sisters and brothers if he should backslide.

For the Church sin is an on-going struggle. Same Sex Attraction is a temptation - one that can be made stronger or weaker, yes, but it's a temptation from the evil one. It's not what one is. Sin is giving in to temptation - not having a temptation.

A temptation can also be one's cross. God doesn't take away one's cross - rather one must "take up his cross daily and follow" Christ. When one realises his problem, one comes to the Church for healing - yes - from the many wounds inflicted by sin and from the sinning - but also for help and strength in struggling with one's temptation. One seeks the Church to be a St Simon of Cyrene, bearing the Cross alongside Jesus. Instead, in the sects, one gets trounced: the Director of the Movie notes, One of the ladies in the movie says, "If I'm sick of my own sin, don't heap more scorn on me when I come to you with my problem."

We are all sick with sin - but we don't have different sicknesses, just different temptations, different manifestations of sin. The Church can help us stop sinning - but until there is no evil one to tempt, there will still be temptations.