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Admin Note:] Limhah, if I understand your comment correctly (and I am positive I do, knowing your stance on polygamy), knock it off. We allow participation from people who aren’t part of the mainstream LDS Church, and we obviously allow different opinions, but we are not open to veiled charges of apostasy for the LDS Church no longer practicing polygamy. Without everyone understanding you believe in the current practice of polygamy, your ambiguous comment doesn’t fit in this conversation – and, really it simply doesn’t fit, regardless. Although I am usually pretty clear about my various stances (and am certainly out of the closet in regards to celestial marriage and united order), I don’t throw around charges of apostasy/shirk lightly, so about that particular point I did not intend to imply apostasy on the part of any Mormon church. If that was the impression I gave, I offer apology.
[ Admin Note:]Apology accepted. Simply say clearly what you mean, in words everyone can understand, when you comment here.
/back to the discussion of homosexuality
Old-Timer wrote:[
Admin Note:]Apology accepted. Simply say clearly what you mean, in words everyone can understand, when you comment here.
/back to the discussion of homosexuality
Can I start a thread on plural marriage?
The admins will talk about it, but first, we need to know: Do you want to post it to defend polygamy and talk about your belief that it is the correct way to view marriage – and that, ideally, the LDS Church should re-embrace it and authorize it again?
Please send me the answer to that question in a Private Message. I will share it with the admins. This thread is about homosexuality, not polygamy, so this threadjack ends with this comment.
/back to the topic of the post
One thing to consider is that Gender is not an absolute. It is a spectrum, and you may fall anywhere along the male or female side. On the low estimates, 1 in 2000 are born right in the middle. No one is absolutely male or absolutely female. Same then, with sexual attraction and orientation.
It should not be surprising, as we humans are so varied and diverse in every way imaginable. It is a strength, not a weakness.
Reflexzero wrote:One thing to consider is that Gender is not an absolute. It is a spectrum, and you may fall anywhere along the male or female side.
Thank you for making this distinction. I often compartmentalize my questions regarding sexuality strictly to the topic of LG (Lesbian/Gay) but leave the rest of lgBT (Bi/Trans) out and rarely consider it. Once you open your mind to one area, you need to seek understanding and empathy for the other parts of this topic as well. It isn’t fair to simply say there are two sides, either straight or gay. There is an array to the spectrum and knowing that helps (maybe not help in understanding what it is or even help with explaining it, but at least it help with empathy, at least for me).
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