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The reason they are banned is simple: they violate the law of chastity. The scriptures and the prophets have made it crystal clear: sexual relations between a man and a woman within marriage is ordained of God, and no other relations are. Now if your next question is why God made such a commandment--why he doesn't smile on two men or two women getting together--I can't answer that, and I feel no great motivation to speculate. One might as well speculate why we weren't all made unisex, or why not three or four genders. Useful for a thought experiment I guess, but not very practical to the question at hand. Quote:
And in reality, one could take any policy one disagrees with, and try to rationalize it by comparing it to blacks/priesthood. |
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The reason is because there are no celestial unions in the hereafter involving people of the same sex.
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(Sorry, couldn't resist ;) ) This is actually something that crossed my mind, as well. But do we really know enough about what is going to happen after this life to be able to say that? That does bring up an interesting point. After a homosexual dies, does his attraction to men go away, and all of a sudden he is attracted to women again? (Assuming sexual attraction survives this life) |
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I think it is because it is against the natural order of things. To me any of the other reasons are results of that.
For instance, if it was just because it is against the law of chastity, why isn't the church in the forfront of having laws to ban people living together. Do you think the stigma of your child living with another person is the same whether it is a heterosexual or homosexual relationship. Maybe someone could answer this. If a guy came to a high council meeting and admitted to having sex with another man, would his odds be higher that he will be ex'd over some guy having sex with a gal. It is my guess that in our male dominated culture, he would be treated harsher than a gal coming in and admitting sex with another gal. As far as procreation goes. They can't procreate because it is against the natural order of things. |
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The other questions are tough. I just don't know why God would allow genetics to cause someone to have drives that were totally contrary to his will. |
Here's something that's been on my mind.
If the prohibition agasint homsexual relations is based primarily on the mechanical nature (i.e., because anything other than vaginal intercourse is not appropriate), then I don't see how that could be overcome or changed in the future in order to allow for the church policy to change, other than maybe giving homosexuals vaginas. However, it seems to me if any of the other premises are the primary underlying premise(es) for the prohibition, conceivably, God could change the rules, right? So setting aside our own personal feelings (I know, impossible for certain of us), it's not inconceivable that one day the church could change its stance against homosexual relations, correct? |
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