Talk:Homosexual act

Some people distinguish between homosexual acts such as sodomy and fellatio, and things like sexual orientation or sexual identity. The idea is to say that there is something more primary and basic about "being homosexual" than engaging in certain behaviors.

Sailors or prison inmates who have sex (voluntarily, or as rape victims) with other men are said by some writers not to be "homosexual". They are merely "acting out their desires" or "fulfilling their appetites" in an opportunistic way. This view makes out human beings to be worse than animals. People can decide what to do, upon rational reflection - and even after earnest prayer. --Ed Poor ^Talk 18:36, 13 October 2007 (EDT)