Alright, this week in class we talked about the LGBT community. And with a class on marriage you can't really avoid that subject, especially when you are at an LDS school. Honestly I think it is fascinating to learn about that culture...is that the right word for it? It is just interesting to me to see how the choices of others really can and do affect how society works.
As a side note though, this blog is not to offend anyone. This is simply what I have come to know for myself. I have a lot of respect still for those people who do have those feelings. I do not condemn them nor do I feel like they should have any fewer rights. They are still children of God and He loves them just as much as His other children. That I do know.
This is a topic of which I have very strong feelings. I know what is right and I know what is wrong. Ever since I was a little kid I always wanted to follow the rules and get along in life without causing trouble, and I could never understand why anyone would want to do anything different. My feelings for this are the same. I know that the Prophet and apostles are called of God and cannot lead us astray. I know that what they teach is truth and we should pray and come to know for ourselves that what they say is what Heavenly Father wants us to know. It is hard for me to see my active friends fighting against the prophet claiming that he needs to catch up with the times.
On my mission I taught a few lesbians and as I did so I was able to study the bible more and learn more about what it teaches. The interesting thing to me is that is very plainly explains that man to man love is not ok and that is the whole reason why cities were destroyed. It was abominable in the sight of God. It was surprisingly easy to stick to what I knew but surprisingly hard to show love without letting these daughters of God think that I was ok with their choices. I am still working on that balance.
On a different note,In one of our readings it specifically focused on gay men and studies based off of their dating habits. in the studies I thought it was interesting that it showed gays were so promiscuous and had few cares as to their significant other’s faithfulness to them. I thought about how Satan is destroying the family with straight couples by making them think that sex outside of marriage is ok, and that cohabitation is ok too. Satan is also working on the LGBT community in the same way. As he does this the values of the children in those families will decrease and even if their children are straight they are going to have little to no concept of fidelity and the importance of saving themselves for one person or sticking around after they have made commitments, in turn declining the moral values of society even more.
*Other little side note: I found this information through statics and databases. I did not make this information up on my own.
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