By your own definition above you are an active homosexual.
The Four Sins Crying to Heaven for Vengeance
Willful murder (including abortion)
The sin of Sodom. (unnatural sex)
Oppression of the poor.
Defrauding laborers of their wages.
The sin of the Sodomites was not unnatural sex. At least not neccessarily.
First, the account in Genesis makes it clear that this was not simply a case of homosexual sex, but of homosexual rape. In fact, it was more than homosexual rape: it was homosexual gang rape on a massive scale.
Second, the Prophet Ezekial identifies the sin of Sodom in chapter 16, verse 49 as being the sin of gross inhospitality: “Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.”
Homosexual sex certainly is a grave sin, as is any other form of unnatural sexual relations. However, I do not believe that it is one of the four sins that cry out to Heaven.
In the first place, we must recognize that there are at least three possibilities as to what exactly cries out to Heaven in Sodom. Secondly, we must look at how it compares to the other three sins. At first glance, we see that two of the sins are sins directed against the poor. Thus, to account the sin of Sodom, as Divinely inspired Scripture does, as inhospitality to the poor, would be fitting and would certainly seem to fit a theme. However, this does leave the sin of murder looking somewhat out of place.
On the other hand, if we allow ourselves to look at the sins more generally, a consistent pattern can be found. All four sins (taking the sin of Sodom according to Ezekial’s reckoning) are sins against life. Murder takes life away directly. The oppression of the poor leads to their death rather quickly as well, as it does not afford them the opportunities needed to rise out of poverty and support themselves. Defrauding laborers withholds from them what they need in order to survive: money for food and shelter. And finally, the sin of inhospitality to the poor withholds from them the help that they need in order to survive. St. Ambrose said, “Feed the hungry; if you do not feed him, you have, as far as you are concerned, slain him.”
And so it would seem highly probable that the sin of Sodom which cried out to Heaven was not, in fact, unnatural sex - grave though it be - but a sin against life. At the minimum, we can see that the other three sins crying out to Heaven are sins
against another, that is to say, sins in which an oppresor dose evil to another. Unnatural sex is out of place amongst this group, as it is not an act involving a victim and an oppressor.
All of this being said, Teen4Christ, I have something you ought to do. There is a book called, “Beyond Gay,” by a fellow named David Morrison. He was a very prominent homosexual activist, and more importantly, homosexual himself. It is a very good book that is the farthest thing from what you might be used to or expect to hear from others who have encouraged you to avoid homosexual activity. I would really, really recommend you read this book. Not only is it very informative, it’s also very good reading and interesting. I think it will be of tremendous help to you, whatever you decide to do from this point forward.
God bless and good day!
