What Are The Mormon Views On Homosexuality?

The Mormon church is firm and immovable in its position condemning homosexual behavior as sinful. One of the basic doctrines that the Mormon church teaches is called The Law of Chastity. The Law of Chastity states that sexual relations are only to be practiced by husband and wife within the bonds of Holy Matrimony. The Mormon Church issued the document The Family: A Proclamation to the World in 1995. This official statement confirmed, "the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife."Frequently, gays and lesbians who have been raised in the Mormon church will disassociate themselves from the Church because of that basic Mormon doctrine.

There are also many gay Mormons who wish to overcome their same-sex attraction in order to have a successful eternal marriage and gain all the blessings promised by the Lord. I personally know members of the LDS church who struggle with same-sex attraction. Some of them have succumbed to their personal desire to embrace 'Who they truly are'. But if you want to be realistic, who you 'really' are is sons and daughters of the Eternal God. It's a difficult and long struggle to try to overcome one's sexual orientation. But I will say this! It is possible. I have personally worked with a dear friend of mine who used to struggle with same-sex attraction. But he overcame it. If you walk up to him and ask him if he still has any attraction to men he will say "No. I no longer have that struggle."

The popular opinion that asserts itself into our media and conversations on the topic of homosexuality these days is 'I was born this way' or 'they are born that way'. And because of this mindset of so many people, the world is starting to turn away from the unchanging truth that God does not support homosexual behavior (Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1;27-28). There are genetic theories for tendencies toward most anything, but the disposition toward any wrongdoing does not justify it or make it less sinful. Although temptation may be strong, the self-mastering of one's self is a spiritual goal of the faithful, any sinful act must be repented of.

The Mormon Church stands with other faiths in maintaining that homosexuality is a sin despite political and social pressures to "modernize." The topic of gay Mormons is a difficult one right now because of the popular opinion toward acceptance of homosexuality, but the Mormon Church cannot compromise the laws of God and counsels those who wish to follow Christ but suffer from same-sex attraction to work to overcome it, and to lean on the Savior when they find themselves struggling.

Just because someone is homosexual or struggles from same-sex attraction, does not me we hate or condemn those individuals. We love the sinner not the sin, and we yearn to help others overcome the desires of the natural man inside them. Remembers the church is a hospital for the sinners, not a museum for the saints.