There is no clear indication that people are "born to be homosexual", any more than they are born to be an arsonist, a serial killer or a person who cuts their self with razor blades.
Each may well have had an experience in life that led them that way..drugs, childhood sexual assault by a trusted adult, self hatred, or some other reason.
If the pope had said we must protect the homosexuals, and let it go like that, it would be understandable, since anyone with a mental deficiency should not be attacked for that reason alone. Now, if they are caught trying to corrupt a child or teenager, that would be a different problem.
So far as "civil unions", that is like placing a positive spin on bulimia, when what the person needs, is help !
Another thing, which I mentioned earlier..a misunderstanding that many have... that being that we are not all the "children of God"! We all are the creation of God, but not a child of God, unless we make a positive move to claim that position.
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:11-13)