Love Not Hate – Part Two

Just in case you haven’t read Love Not Hate – Part 1 please click on this verbose link to do so now, otherwise this post may not make much sense to you.

Okay, now that I’ve given you the run down on the Plan of Salvation/Happiness I hope you have a better grasp of the Mormon belief system on families.

With this in mind mortal families are to reflect our eternal goals. Homosexual marriages would not represent a divine marriage. It would also frustrate their ability to accept the Gospel and consequently their ability to attain their divine potential. Homosexuals can be members of the church but they are required to abstain from homosexual sex (heterosexuals are required to abstain from sex as well until they get married, and sometimes they never get married). Thus it stands to reason that if you’re married to someone of the same sex you would not be able to get baptized unless you were to divorce. It’s a lose-lose situation. You wouldn’t be able to accept the Gospel and thus not be able to fully take care of your own individual salvation, let alone obtaining exaltation and a forever family. Or, if you do get divorced so you could accept the Gospel your family is now broken, heart ache and pain would abound, and likely resentment would fester in your soul, especially if there are children involved. No one wins.

We do not want our homosexual brothers and sisters to have to face this sort of situation, and we do not want homosexuals marriages to be seen as a viable alternative because we love them, because in the eternities it is not a viable option at all. The idea of supporting homosexual marriage here on earth goes against the grain of our belief system regarding eternal families and how that works.

However, we also firmly believe that we have the right to choose. We each have our free agency, and thus homosexuals have the right to choose the homosexual lifestyle.

I am hoping I have made myself clear enough on this subject. I promise you the general Mormon stance against homosexual marriage has nothing to do with bigotry, or wanting to feel superior. It is straight up our belief system that families are ordained of God and are formulated in a semi-specific way.

I remember working with a homosexual man when I worked at the Game Keeper. I only found out he was gay because I asked him if had an S.O. and he said maybe. I later asked him who the lucky gal was. It was funny, I heard him say, “the moment of truth” and he mouthed some words or said them too softly for me to hear, so I said, “say again?” and leaned in closer to hear him say, “I’m gay.” So I immediately switched gears to who’s the guy and life went on. It was great working with him, I hate it that we lost touch (dude, if you’re reading this contact me, I hope life is going good for ya.). Anyway, we got on this very subject, and it was after prop 22. I explained these same beliefs to him that I have to you, and it was like the light bulb turned on. I remember him saying, “ohhhhh, so this marriage thing is a big deal to you guys.” Yes, yes it is. We’re not trying to be mean, it’s what we believe.

Sure, you’ll find a bigoted Mormon, or one who’s condescending towards others, or those who have difficulty knowing how to love the person and hate the sin. If you happen upon one of those, just know that is something they have to personally work on. Judge not lest ye be judged, as in, we’ll be judged on the same basis we judge others. Sucks for them, eh?

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