I'm supposed to be finished here Don, but as I have a lot of respect for you I will give a short reply.

I don't agree with your statement that if you view homosexuality as an abnormal practice then you cannot view homosexuals as "normal" people.
Homosexuals are human being, members of society and they are a fact of life, as such they are normal.
They are different in that they feel compelled to have sex with their own gender, which to me is a very dangerous condition.
Statistics tell us that those who practice this condition have in general terms a much lower life expectancy than those who practice heterosexuality.


If this is taken in conjunction with other negative issues pertaining to homosexuality, I do not consider that it should be promoted as a normal and healthy lifestyle.
I view homosexuality as I would a psychiatric condition like depression or addiction and I certainly would not catagorise anyone with clinical depression as "abnormal".    I realise that my opinion on this issue is different from yours, but I hope the above has answered your point.