Is that ever an end in and of itself? Not often. It's usually a prelude to other things, or at least a warm-up until you feel like going further. On its own, that kind of intense kissing can be an occasion of sin, but it really depends on how far you take it and what your attitude is toward what you are doing. Is it an innocent, if extended, demonstration of affection, or is it an attempt to mutually exploit one another's flesh for shallow gratification. For most couples and most couplings, the truth is probably somewhere on a sliding scale between those two extremes. It's something to be done with self-discipline and respect, and the Church is not going to go right out and say it's automatically a sin, but it almost certainly falls well within Jesus's admonition against looking at a woman with lust in your heart, or "objectification" in current parlance. If you're not married, "anything you wouldn't do in front of other people" is a good rule of thumb for the no go zone.
Neither was I. I said "lesbians" and I alluded to my original post, where I said the topic of the gathering was probably not a coming out storytime. Parents have the right to determine what set of morals they are going to teach their children, and there are topics of discussion that can be inappropriate even without bringing up sex.
Part of the objection to the whole homosexual issue is that it IS about sex. Otherwise, it's called being friends. All that reasonable people find objectionable is the mutual self-abuse being practiced, and the double standards involved in the debate, or lack there of, about the moral and spiritual drawbacks of said practices. And since we are all but expressly forbidden from publically talking about the harm it could do all of our kids, we especially don't want it being publically promoted. No one gives a shit if you have romantic yearnings for the opposite sex, but a lot of people are sincerely convinced that gratifying the accompanying physical urges is no good for you, and in extreme cases, can render you unfit for polite society. And they would naturally like to quarantine that, the way the PC brigade does, say, smoking. You can disingenuously claim she's only talking about love, but then why did SHE bring up sin, which could only be a reference to sex?
I remain skeptical.
It's fluid. Confirmation can be as early as a year after First Communion (which is the primary qualfication these days), and some people actually don't get around to it until adulthood. I was 19, even though I practised all my life, spent 11 years in Catholic school, and made my first confession and First Communion at 6. But many of my second grade classmates made their Confirmation then.
Nope. At that age, obediance is all that is really necessary. And even for adults, preaching isn't really a thing, and opinions about what is or isn't sinful aren't all that approved either. I can't imagine why I would care about anyone else's opinion on what is a sin. God's is the only one that matters, since that is Who will be judging me for it. If Savannah at whatever age thinks it is a sin, I don't need her adding to the list of things I need to watch out for, and if she doesn't think it is, I'm not going to risk my eternal salvation on her opinion without a more informed source backing her up. Savannah's opinion on theology and morals is exactly as valuable and informed as her medical opinions. I prefer someone with more than half a decade of higher education, and a lifetime devoted to the practice.