Does the mormon church accept gays
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acknowledges that same-sex attraction is a sensitive issue that requires kindness, compassion and understanding. The website mormonandgay.lds.org reinforces the reality that, in the words of one Latter-day Saint scripture, God “loveth his children” (1 Nephi 11:17), and seeks to help everyone superior understand same-sex attraction from a gospel perspective.
The Church does not take a position on the bring about of same-sex attraction. In 2006, Elder Dallin H. Oaks said, “The Church does not have a position on the causes of any of these susceptibilities or inclinations, including those related to same-gender attraction.”
Feelings of same-sex attraction are not a sin. Elder M. Russell Ballard said: “Let us be clear: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that ‘the experience of same-sex attraction is a complex life for many people. The attraction itself is not a sin, but acting on it is. Even though individuals do not choose to have such attractions, they do decide how to respond to them. With love and understanding, the Church reaches out to all God’s children, including [those with same-sex attraction].’”
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As a gay Mormon, I make my home in the borderlands. In a theology that says every man must be married to a woman in order to be with God and progress in heaven, gay Mormons are anomalies. No one quite knows what to do with us.
For a while, the answer was to serve a full-time mission, join a woman, explain no one, and let things perform themselves out.
When that approach led to tragedy and broken families, the answer became celibacy, which is less of an address and more of a holding pattern in a religion that declares the family to be “the most significant unit in period and in eternity.”
Every question, from “How can I be happy with no possibility of discovery a companion?” to “Will I still be gay after this life?” seems to be met with official answers amounting to “Have faith. It will work out in the end.” And, yet, despite these difficult and unanswered questions, I elect to continue to participate in my Latter-day Saint congregation and community.
So if I don’t fit, why stay? There are plenty of affirming faith communities where queer people and their families have a place at the table as equals. But Mormonism is part of me
Gay Rights and the Mormon Church
About the Author
Gregory A. Prince's avocation in history has led him to write dozens of articles and three books, including the award-winning volumes David O. McKay and the Rise of New Mormonism (coauthored with Wm. Robert Wright) and Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Alta Club
2. Genesis
3. The Cure, 1.0
4. Spencer Kimball and The Miracle of Forgiveness
5. The Memorandum
6. Hawaii
7. Backlash, 1.0
8. Proposition 22
9. Amendment 3
10. The Cure, 2.0
11. A Constitutional Amendment
12. Dallin Oaks and the Interview
13. God Loveth His Children
14. What about Lesbians?
15. Proposition 8
16. Backlash, 2.0
17. The Kiss
18. Hollingsworth v. Perry
19. Three Men, Two Messages
20. Bridges to Somewhere
21. MormonsandGays.org
22. Kitchen v. Herbert
23. SB 296
24. The Last Domino
25. Religious Freedom
26. The Policy
27. Trans
28. Intersex
29. Suicide
30. The Scarlet Letter &#
Same-Sex Attraction
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acknowledges that same-sex attraction is a sensitive issue that requires kindness, compassion and understanding. The “Same-Sex Attraction” section of ChurchofJesusChrist.org reinforces the reality that, in the words of one Latter-day Saint scripture, God “loveth his children” (1 Nephi 11:17), and seeks to assist everyone better realize same-sex attraction from a gospel perspective.
The Church does not take a position on the result in of same-sex attraction. In 2006, Elder Dallin H. Oaks said, “The Church does not hold a position on the causes of any of these susceptibilities or inclinations, including those connected to same-gender attraction.”
Feelings of same-sex attraction are not a sin. President M. Russell Ballard said: “Let us be clear: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that ‘the experience of homosexual attraction is a complex reality for many people. The attraction itself is not a sin, but acting on it is. Even though individuals carry out not choose to have such attractions, they do pick how to respond to them. With love and kind, the Church reaches out to all God’s children, incl