Comments on: Mormon Glossary: GHI http://mormonfaq.com Answers to your questions about the Mormon Church Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua Johanson http://mormonfaq.com/a-glossary-of-mormon-terms/mormon-glossary-ghi#comment-11 Joshua Johanson Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:56:04 +0000 http://mormonfaq.com/?page_id=100#comment-11 Under homosexuality, the definition reads: "The Church regrets the suffering, loneliness, and confusion experienced by people with same-sex attraction and affords them all the civil rights they desire except the institution of marriage." I think you are confusing same-sex attraction with those living the gay lifestyle. Not everyone with same-sex attractions are in same-sex relationships. Some have been able to deal with their same-sex attractions, develop a sexual attraction for someone of the opposite sex, and have gone on to create happy and fulfilling marriages. The church does allow people with same-sex attractions to get married. It does not allow for same-sex couples to get married. There is a difference. Oh, and not all of us are lonely. We are very much a hidden segment of the LDS population, and one that I hope will have a bit more light. http://northstarlds.org/groups_rule1_couples.php Under homosexuality, the definition reads: “The Church regrets the suffering, loneliness, and confusion experienced by people with same-sex attraction and affords them all the civil rights they desire except the institution of marriage.”

I think you are confusing same-sex attraction with those living the gay lifestyle. Not everyone with same-sex attractions are in same-sex relationships. Some have been able to deal with their same-sex attractions, develop a sexual attraction for someone of the opposite sex, and have gone on to create happy and fulfilling marriages. The church does allow people with same-sex attractions to get married. It does not allow for same-sex couples to get married. There is a difference. Oh, and not all of us are lonely.

We are very much a hidden segment of the LDS population, and one that I hope will have a bit more light.

http://northstarlds.org/groups_rule1_couples.php

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