Mormon lears do not speak of a gay or lbian sexual orientatn, though they now fully acknowledge that many people 'stggle wh same-genr attractn.'
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GAY MORMONS
Gay Mormons are enuraged to rema celibate, as are all other sgle members of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. * mormon gay beliefs *
The doctre of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, which church is often mistakenly lled the Mormon Church, is que clear on the practice of homosexualy.
“Homosexual activy is a ser s. Mormon doctre clar homosexual activy a s not bee is bigoted and old fashned, but bee the practice of homosexualy trat the eternal purpose of the fay.
To have feelgs of homosexualy is not a s, but a stggle. Any gay Mormon who has the stggl still has a choice of whether or not to act on those feelgs.
MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH
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The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and s members ntu to, and will ntue to, receive a great al of cricism and persecutn for s view on homosexualy. Th, the LDS Church’s view on the practice of homosexualy will never change. Bee the world already has a liberal view on sexualy and do not thk a great al of the practice of sex before marriage, views the LDS Church’s views towards gay Mormons as expectatns which are far too high.
“It is neher fair, nor realistic” the world says, “to expect a person who has homosexual attractns to rema celibate for their entire liv. The stggl of homosexual attractn for gay Mormons are, admtedly, very hard. Gay Mormons should not feel any shame for their feelgs, but they should turn to the Savr for His help and strength to overe all temptatns—whether those temptatns are related to homosexualy or not—and have fah that He will help them overe.