He says that he would advise his children to resist homosexual “temptations.”

I’m sorry, but this just comes across to me as a statement appallingly ignorant of the nature of human sexuality.

“You try to point out to them what is the right thing to do. And we have many temptations to do things we shouldn’t do. That doesn’t mean we have to give in to those temptations. I have temptations, as we all do, all the time, to do things we shouldn’t do.

“Whether we have that disposition because of environmental factors, genetic factors, whatever, it doesn’t mean you have to submit. We are people of free will and free choices.”

So, is the senator saying that he’s had “homosexual temptations” that he’s overcome? In other words, is he bisexual? I know I’ve never had any. I occasionally have temptations to do things that are wrong, or illegal, and I generally overcome them, but I’ve never in my life been tempted to engage in sexual activity with a man.

Homosexuals have two problems. First, they’re attracted to the same sex. Second, they are unattracted to the opposite sex. So what the senator is proposing is that for his children, if they’re truly homosexual, and not bisexual, their only option is life-long celibacy. Is that really what he’s saying, and does he think it realistic advice?

[Update at 11:22 PM PDT on July 17]

I’ve started a new thread on this one, as a result of the extensive comments.