I have wrestled with the demon of homosexual attraction for all of my adult life, and Faithful, I believe I can offer special testimony as to the value of incarceration in controlling “the beast.”
Undoubtedly, in a properly ordered society, unrepentant sodomites would be jailed for the common good, lest their sexual depredations fall on the unwary and unarmed.
But I wish to draw your attention to an important fact: Formal law enforcement does not exhaust the possibilities of “incarceration” as a method of combating vile homosexual impulses! I can testify that incarceration can indeed be effectively applied in a therapeutic context–even personally by a suitably motivated member of the afflicted, such as I pray I may fairly consider myself.
To use my own example, I have a constructed a special annex to my home I like to refer to as “The Bullpen.”
The only entrance is fitted with a timed combination lock. When I feel “the beast” rising inside to take the reigns of my sexuality, I simply confine myself to The Bullpen, and set a suitable amount of time on the lock for the demons of lust to exhaust themselves in struggling–usually about two or three days. Of course, idle hands are the devil’s workshop, and I have no intention of letting Satan make a parody of my enterprise, so I have outfitted the INSIDE of The Bullpen with time-release HANDCUFFS to restrain my limbs as well!
Now, you might wonder–Pete, what would happen if the power were to go out while you were in there? Worry not, Faithful, for the handcuffs and door default to a LOCKED state in that scenario, and the room itself is well proofed against the anguished cries of a man in the throes of demonic influence, thus preventing a premature release!
How often I praise the Lord for this gift of inventiveness!
Yours in Christ