- Posted by Christopher Estep on May 28, 2008
Homomo group Affirmation wants the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints to just forget about its own doctrine, particularly the Proclamation on the Family forget about fighting same sex marriage in California, where the LDS Church is the second largest church in the state.
In a statement Wednesday, leaders of the gay group Affirmation are asking The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints not to meddle in politics that harms gay families.
Instead, the group wants Mormon leaders to help people who are hurt by the church's teaching that homosexuality is a sin.
And here is the problem and why "Affirmation" groups will never "get it". You can't expect a church to pretend its doctrine doesn't exist, without revelation to the contrary (which there obviously has not been).
They say:
"the church's teaching that homosexuality is a sin."
but the Church, any church who has this same doctrine would have to rephrase it:
"the sin of the practice of homosexuality."
When will people realize that you can't change religious beliefs by pretending that those who believe them do not see them from God? The LDS Church does not have "a teaching that homosexuality is a sin" but Affirmation will never see it as anything more than that. From the LDS perspective, they (we) are teaching that the Lord declares through his prophets that the practice of homosexuality, like any other sex outside of a marriage between a husband and wife is a sin.
This means that premarital sex, homosexuality, adultery, polygamy, or any other sexual activity outside of what is set above, is sin.
Further, it is not the teaching that hurts people. A teaching cannot hurt people! This is America, remember? If you don't believe something, don't practice it. If you don't believe that homosexual practice is a sin, it is perfectly legal to do so.
But don't expect Brokeback Mormon any time soon.
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