Me too. Homosexuals know they're 'different', but don't understand how, exactly, often until puberty, when their friends develop an interest in the opposite sex that baffles them. If they question it, parents simply reassure them that everyone develops at their own pace, so they wait....and wait....until they realize [usually unwillingly] that it's their own gender they find attractive. They already know what lies ahead, as 'gay' is the worst insult known to adolescents, and 'different' is made unwelcome at best, and living he## for many. And they can't do a thing to change it, any more than a heterosexual can. More than a few commit suicide rather than face it.
Child preachers, OTOH, are praised, adored, and made to feel different in the best way - but what happens if they change their minds a few years later? Do they give up the special treatment, or pretend?
Adults who lead children to think homosexuality is a choice they can change, or that being called to preach is a gift that won't change, are raising kids with very unrealistic expectations and seriously messed up heads.
If we can't trust our kids to make accurate observations and conclusions when they're old enough, it's because we taught them what to think instead of how. That goes for religion, sex, politics, and everything else - give them the tools to succeed in critical thinking, and hope they use them.
Because in the end, they will live their own lives.
