text: I clearly did not claim ignorance of homosexual conduct as I went on to state my understanding of it. But I wanted to know how you understood it; hence my question.
  
  If you have s*xual interest in your 'puppy' (or 'guppy'), then I suggest you talk to someone about it. (Talk also with a professor of logic, because interest in your puppy (and guppy) has about as much relevance to this topic as a baked Alaska.)
  
  Committed homosexual love clearly involves sexual attraction, but is not, contrary to your stereotypical and homophobic view, defined by it. So no: a homosexual wouldn't want to have sex with his or her close friends,  because the love manifested here would be devoid of such attraction.
  
  YOUR definition of homosexual conduct reveals far less 'definitional accuracy' than mine, since it dwells, exclusively, on the sexual.
  
  As for that cardinal, he was probably as q*eer as a bottle of French fries, but hadn't the bottle to be honest about it, like many Roman Catholic priests today.