Lds gay marriage

Feelings of same-sex attraction are not a sin. President M. The attraction itself is not a sin, but acting on it is. Even though individuals do not choose to have such attractions, they do choose how to respond to them. While same-sex attraction is not a sin, it can be a challenge.

Policy for Children of LGBT Parents, Members in Gay Marriages

There is no justification to redefine what marriage is. Such is not our right, and those who try will find themselves answerable to God. This is not a matter of civil rights; it is a matter of morality. Others question our constitutional right as a church to raise our voice on an issue that is of critical importance to the future of the family.

Same-Sex Marriage

But what is changing—and what needs to change—is helping Church members respond sensitively and thoughtfully when they encounter same-sex attraction in their own families, among other Church members, or elsewhere see Dallin H. Eternal marriage between a man and a woman is essential at some point in our progression to reach exaltation, a state defined as living the kind of life our Heavenly Parents currently enjoy.

Same-Sex Attraction

We further said that while a man might honestly differ in opinion from the authorities through a want of understanding, he had to be exceedingly careful how he acted in relation to such differences, or the adversary would take advantage of him and he would soon become imbued with the spirit of apostasy, and be found fighting against God and the authority which He had placed here to govern his church.