LDS Church To Talk With Gay Advocacy Group (priest, moral)

[Comprehend]

so did I miss the part when Bishka declared herself gay or am I misunderstanding her posts in this thread?

[madhatter85]

Originally Posted by Comprehend

so did I miss the part when Bishka declared herself gay or am I misunderstanding her posts in this thread?

that what i understood from her posts.

[misanthropic_clown]

I am of the opinion that the church says it is the purposeful stimulation or perpetuation of erotic thought and/or inappropriate physical contact outside of the parameters of a heterosexual marriage that are the foundations of defining sexual sin. As such, merely having homosexual thoughts is not sinful unless they are provoked or dwelt upon.

However, in the case of homosexuals, the chastity requirement appears to be extended in that you should in no way outwardly express homosexual tendencies, and that excludes romantic gestures that would simply be accepted in a heterosexual unmarried couple.

The justification for that, it seems, is that the romantic gestures of heterosexuals have an institution in which they can develop and express those sexual desires without being sinful: marriage.

Homosexual romantic gestures, whilst small, may cause escalation which might lead to serious sin, because homosexual relations are considered wrong in their own right. In effect, I suppose the concept is one of nipping any homosexual relationships 'in the bud' before they develop into something potentially dangerous.

[angellous_evangellous]

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