While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints welcomes all people to attend its church, and only accepts gay and lesbian members under the condition that they attempt to live by the church strict moral codes mandating the control of homosexual behaviors and forbidding homosexual sex or heterosexual sex outside of marriage.
Historically, The LDS church taught that the act of homosexuality was a choice and curable, but that the desire may n...
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While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints welcomes all people to attend its church, and only accepts gay and lesbian members under the condition that they attempt to live by the church strict moral codes mandating the control of homosexual behaviors and forbidding homosexual sex or heterosexual sex outside of marriage.
Historically, The LDS church taught that the act of homosexuality was a choice and curable, but that the desire may never go away, liking it to alcoholism. This position still held by some leaders in the LDS church. Other LDS church leaders have recognized that, at least for some, homosexual attraction, as distinct from behavior, may be inborn, and that although these feelings are sometimes unwanted, they can and should be controlled. The Church’s law of chastity forbids all forms of sexual activity outside of marriage, and consistently breaking the law of chastity may result in excommunication. Members who self-identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual may...
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