"Disordered" Sexual Desire?

In my earlier response to Teresa, I said nothing that presupposed that homosexual sexual desire is not, as Teresa said, "disordered".  But, as it happens, I do not believe that homosexual sexual desire is disordered in any theologically relevant sense.  (I do believe, however, that the magisterium's teaching that homosexual sexual desire is disordered--indeed, "objectively" disordered--is ... well, disordered.)  For readers who want to pursue this issue, this is a great place to start:

Stephen J. Pope, The Magisterium's Arguments Against "Same-Sex Marriage": An Ethical Analysis and Critique, Theological Studies, vol. 65, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 530-565.

Theological Studies, you may know, is published by Theological Studies, Inc., for the Society of Jesus in the United States.  Stephen Pope, a Roman Catholic, is associate professor of theology at Boston College, a Jesuit university.

Michael P.